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On the recordApril 28, 2010
So the urgency is now. We've got to act on this now. I'm hoping that that will happen. We have done our part. Then we've got to wait for our brothers and sisters on the other side to do theirs. Again, we just cannot continue to wait.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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