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On the recordJune 6, 2006
I respond to my friend that I am stunned. I am stunned that it has taken weeks, weeks, weeks, and weeks to even be able to deal with money for our troops, the supplemental appropriations bill. I am in a quandary. I am so grateful that I represent the people of Nevada in the Senate. But I want to do things that I can talk to the folks at home about that have relevance to their everyday lives, such as gas prices, sending their kids to school. Many academically talented children are not able to go to school because their parents are not rich.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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