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John Joseph Moakley: “Mr. Speaker, I just cannot think why we could not be talking about getting the water cleaned up in this country right…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I just cannot think why we could not be talking about getting the water cleaned up in this country right now, why we could not be getting the Kennedy-Kassebaum health bill before us right now, why we could not get the minimum wage. The matter before us today, nothing is going to happen for at least 2 years. People are going to be dying very shortly if we do not clean up our water. People are going to be dying unless we get adequate health care. People are going to be starving in the streets unless we do not raise our minimum wage. So I think the gentleman from Colorado may have got his items a little out of priority, out of whack.
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John Joseph Moakley
Massachusetts
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Addressing the need for urgent action on water cleanup, health care, and minimum wage.

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