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Melton Hancock: is it not great that we live in a country where we do not have to work 14 hours a day just to get enough to eat or 18…

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
is it not great that we live in a country where we do not have to work 14 hours a day just to get enough to eat or 18 hours a day just to get enough to eat? You know we can spend a little time, and maybe quit watching so much television, and start doing a little volunteer work, and helping out our fellow man a little bit. That is positive, that is not negative.
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Melton Hancock
Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the importance of volunteer work and community service.

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