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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
I thank the ranking member. I come from a proud agricultural family, I proudly represent a strong agricultural district in the heartland in southern Minnesota, I'm a proud ranking member on the subcommittee in the House Agriculture Committee, and I'm proud to call both the ranking member and the chairman my friends. I am not proud of what you are seeing here today. The disrespect shown to this hallowed ground by hatching this abomination in the middle of the night and forcing it here because of extremist elements is the reason that the American people think higher of North Korea than they do of this body. I can tell you, as people listening today, Mr. Speaker, they are going to say it is more of the same. They said, he said--Democrats or Republicans or whatever--don't listen to me.…
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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