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On the recordDecember 20, 2006
I can't claim that I was surprised. But, you know, the fact is, is that people are going to express various points of view. You know, I just keep saying that we have got to come together as a country, and that diversity is a great strength of our nation, and that, no matter what book anybody may want to use at the swearing-in, that we're swearing in to support one Constitution.
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Keith Ellison
Democratic · Minnesota

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Ellison discusses the importance of unity and diversity in response to comments made by Representative Goode.

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