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On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
I thank my friend Lamar Smith for his significant contribution and his work as a co-leader on the Judiciary Committee for all the other things that we work on as well. I now yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), a gentleman whom I knew before he was a Member of Congress, and he knew me before I was a Member of Congress as well.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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