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Elijah Cummings: “A man must learn to love his children not because they are his but because they are simply children.”

On the recordOctober 8, 1998
A man must learn to love his children not because they are his but because they are simply children.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Honoring the late colleague Mr. McHale during a floor speech.

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