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Melvin Watt: I simply wanted to be one of the Members who rose in support of this resolution and to express my condolences to the…

On the recordApril 18, 1996
I simply wanted to be one of the Members who rose in support of this resolution and to express my condolences to the Brown family and the families of all the other brave Americans who lost their lives in this tragic accident.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Expressing condolences for Ron Brown and others who died in a tragic accident.

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