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On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
Madam Secretary, let me first thank you. First of all, I want to thank you for an extraordinary daughter who came to the Rockaways after Sandy, just helping people, unannounced, without fanfare, just getting down and helping people because they needed help after that terrible storm. And so just extraordinary public service.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks praises Secretary Clinton for her public service and response to Hurricane Sandy.

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