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Tim Walz: We sit here not as individuals but as representatives of 700,000 people in our respective districts.

On the recordApril 27, 2009
We sit here not as individuals but as representatives of 700,000 people in our respective districts.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz highlights the responsibility of representing constituents.

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