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Jerry Nadler: “I just want to observe that I was elected to represent 600,000 citizens or residents of the city of New York, not to…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1998
I just want to observe that I was elected to represent 600,000 citizens or residents of the city of New York, not to represent the city government of New York, which is interested in squeezing money out of people it should not be able to squeeze money out of.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Discussing representation and local government issues.

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