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Elijah Cummings: “I am so glad that when our next speaker heard about this young man's efforts she realized that he had a strong…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1998
I am so glad that when our next speaker heard about this young man's efforts she realized that he had a strong conviction to do something and to make sure that he righted a wrong, as I said a little bit earlier. I am so glad that the gentlewoman from Indiana (Ms. Carson) from Indianapolis took his situation, working with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Scarborough) working with the Speaker, working with many, many others, the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Mrs. Mink) and the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) who will speak later, and took that cause and saw that this young man had a strength, they did not turn their faces away from him, they looked into his eyes and said: 'We will help you.'
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing support for a young man's efforts and the collaboration of various representatives.

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