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Anthony Weiner: Well, in conclusion, our time is expired, but I want to thank the gentlewoman from Nevada and the gentleman from…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2007
Well, in conclusion, our time is expired, but I want to thank the gentlewoman from Nevada and the gentleman from Pennsylvania for joining us here today, and I just would close with this. There are big, complicated conflicts that are going on in that part of that world. They're not going to be easy to resolve. For years, we've been watching with some level of success but a great deal of failure, but just imagine the circumstances if tomorrow, when you dropped off your kids at school, a couple of times during the day they'd have to look like this rather than studying their school books. Imagine if an 8, 9, 10-year-old child had to be on tranquilizers in order to get through the day. There are some things that just are without any political nuance, without any varnish, and are just wrong. What's going on in Sderot is just wrong.
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Anthony Weiner
New York

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Addressing the humanitarian impact of conflict in the region during a floor speech.

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