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On the recordApril 19, 2007
What we are trying to do is give the residents of the District of Columbia their long overdue right to vote. That is why we are here today. The procedure that we are following is fair, it is just, and the important thing for us to remember is why we are here, and that is to give the right to vote to the residents of the District of Columbia.
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Michael Arcuri
New York

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Discussing voting rights for residents of the District of Columbia.

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