On the recordMarch 3, 2009
I mean, as a little boy growing up in Texas, I can remember this Congress in these walls repeatedly refusing to pass a civil rights bill.
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congress.govI mean, as a little boy growing up in Texas, I can remember this Congress in these walls repeatedly refusing to pass a civil rights bill.
Cleaver reflects on historical congressional inaction on civil rights.
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