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Gregory Meeks: I have got to say in closing, Gregory Meeks would not be sitting on this back row in this Foreign Affairs Committee if…

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
I have got to say in closing, Gregory Meeks would not be sitting on this back row in this Foreign Affairs Committee if it wasn't for Donald Payne.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks credits Payne for his own position on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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