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Hakeem Jeffries: “Thank you, Congressman Lewis, for those very eloquent thoughts and for continuing to really function as the conscience…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2014
Thank you, Congressman Lewis, for those very eloquent thoughts and for continuing to really function as the conscience of the CBC as our caucus functions as the conscience of the Congress. Mr. Speaker, it is now my distinct honor and privilege to yield to someone who I served with on the Budget Committee. She is a distinguished Member of the House of Representatives. She is a fighter for the people, for the disenfranchised, and is a voice for the voiceless. It is my honor to yield to the very distinguished gentlewoman from California, Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
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Nov 17, 2014

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