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On the recordMay 13, 2015
It is hard to constrain oneself, especially, you know, because there is no one more for human rights, environmental rights, environmental standards than I am.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks expresses his strong commitment to human and environmental rights during the discussion.

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