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On the recordMay 19, 2014
I thank the gentleman for reminding us of the great legal minds who contributed and helped build the case which resulted in the Brown decision and the fact that it took a strategic team of formidable legal minds to come up with the right strategy that ultimately resulted in this great decision. I thank the gentleman, Representative Ellison, for reminding us of their distinct contribution. I would like to now turn to the gentlelady from California, Representative Barbara Lee, who comes to this Caucus and this body with tremendous experience, working first in the community as a caseworker on behalf of people, and always keeping the focus of people in the front of the policies that we are pursuing to advance in this great institution. I now yield to the gentlelady from California, Representative Barbara Lee.
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Steven Horsford
Democratic · Nevada
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May 19, 2014

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