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On the recordJune 23, 2008
I know it is incredibly difficult for the minority to resist the impulse to lob this energy rhetoric into every single discussion we have here on the floor. I am not going to take the bait, particularly on this resolution because this is such an important resolution that has been put forward. It encourages and it guides us on how we can teach this valuable, valuable history of the U.S. territories to all Americans so that they can gain a deeper appreciation of it. I want to thank those who spoke today, Congresswoman Bordallo and Congresswoman Christensen, for contributing their perspective on this important bill, and I want to urge my colleagues to support it unanimously if they could.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing a resolution related to the history of U.S. territories.

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