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On the recordMay 24, 1994
we hear so many negative things, especially as the Senator from New Hampshire indicated, about stars. I had, yesterday, a 10-year-old girl come to visit me who had AIDS. She had been to see me a couple of years before--a tiny little girl who has the HIV virus. She sings in Las Vegas. She has sung with Billy Ray Cyrus and Engelbert Humperdinck. Anyway, after she finished singing with Billy Ray Cyrus he asked this girl, ``Is there anything that you need?'' And the little girl said, ``No, no, I have everything I need.'' She said, ``My mother needs a car to haul us around, the kids, around, but I have everything I need.'' He did not say a word. A week later a brand new minivan was delivered to her house. Now Billy Ray Cyrus did not issue a press release. There has never been anything said about that. But these people, like the rest of us, are made up of good ones and bad ones, and a lot more good ones than bad ones, I am sure.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the positive impact of celebrities during a speech on the Senate floor.

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