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Jeff Fortenberry: But if we had time to do that and we didn't have time to answer the questions that are in the minds and the hearts of…

On the recordNovember 18, 2010
But if we had time to do that and we didn't have time to answer the questions that are in the minds and the hearts of these American families who have opened their homes to these Haitian orphans, to me, that's just bad process.
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska

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Fortenberry comments on the poor legislative process that prioritizes other resolutions over the urgent needs of families adopting Haitian orphans.

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