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Edolphus Towns: “No doubt about it. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, let me say that I think that we need to involve our churches in this…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2007
No doubt about it. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, let me say that I think that we need to involve our churches in this battle. Not only our churches but also our 501(c)(3) organizations. They need to be involved in this as well because we are talking about life and death. And the fact is that if we get involved, I think that we can begin to turn this around. Right now we are not winning the battle, and I think that we need to win. In order to win, we have to get all the soldiers involved. And I think that the church is crucial. They need to be involved in this issue. So we need to try to get the word out to them and hope that they will respond in a major kind of way because people are dying that really don't have to die if we get this information to them.
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Addressing the need for churches and organizations to engage in a critical social issue.

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