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Jeff Fortenberry: Thank you, Congresswoman Black, for your leadership not only on this issue, but so many others. We often are in very…

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
Thank you, Congresswoman Black, for your leadership not only on this issue, but so many others. We often are in very important economic debates, debates about finances and debates about roads. Not often enough, perhaps, do we go to the core of the reason for which exists a country and its laws, namely, to protect human dignity. I want to thank you for your leadership in this regard. Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus), my good friend, for his good words. Let me again thank you for your leadership. Your consistency and the continuity in which you apply your principles is very noble and uplifting to me.
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska
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Mar 14, 2016

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