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Jim Ramstad: I also have never been more proud of the people I represent in the Twin Cities suburban Third District. They have also…

On the recordApril 24, 1997
I also have never been more proud of the people I represent in the Twin Cities suburban Third District. They have also been there, and they are there, they are going to remain there in support of our friends in North Dakota and South Dakota. Last weekend there were sandbagging operations around the clock at a correctional facility in Hennepin County there, with inmates working hand in hand with high school students, and 500 people from the Mormon Church and other churches; volunteers coming out to help sandbag and send the sandbags up north; food banks, many food banks helping.
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Jim Ramstad
Republican · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing community support during the floods of 1997.

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