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Harry Reid: “It is really good for me to do that. But the words that were uttered by Dr. Swanson this morning, as Johnny Cash says in…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2007
It is really good for me to do that. But the words that were uttered by Dr. Swanson this morning, as Johnny Cash says in that song, ``you've been reading my mail'' were really important to me, and I am sure every Senator listening to this prayer felt the same way I did. I am going to get a copy of that prayer and read it once in a while because he was talking about me when he gave that prayer and talking about Senator Nelson, Senator Baucus, and all of us.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on a prayer delivered by Dr. Swanson during a Senate session.

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