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Gregory Meeks: “Just quickly, it is not only all of the press, but my constituents who have relatives that live in Haiti, and they are…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2004
Just quickly, it is not only all of the press, but my constituents who have relatives that live in Haiti, and they are on either side of the fence. Some of them do not like Aristide either. But they do not like these common crooks that are there. When they call my office, they are telling me they are afraid for their mothers, for their grandmothers, for their uncles, for their aunts who are living there now. The situation is not better than it was before Aristide was forced to get on the plane. In fact, if anything else, it is worse. That is what they are calling my office and saying to me.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Addressing concerns from constituents about the situation in Haiti.

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