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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “It is interesting because it evokes another visit to the political dictionary and the lexicon of terms that we find in…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
It is interesting because it evokes another visit to the political dictionary and the lexicon of terms that we find in vogue in our Nation's capital. We hear a lot of talk about compassion. When we stop and think about it, Mr. Speaker, how best can we define compassion? We hear a lot of rhetoric on the left about it. I think a lot of us would view compassion with two words; an attitude rather than a definition. True compassion means everybody counts. So if everybody counts, why not count everybody? Why not live up to the standards of our constitution in Article I Section 2? Why not follow the decision of our Supreme Court? Why not employ true compassion and make sure everybody counts by counting everybody?
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Discussing the concept of compassion in relation to constitutional standards.

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