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On the recordOctober 12, 1962
How can we possibly provide for the education of our children, jobs for our people, medical care for our older citizens, better housing, jobs, jobs, jobs, if we are going to lose 39 votes after we have won and lost bill after bill by 3, 4, or 5 votes?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Rally in Monessen, Pennsylvania

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