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Rick Lazio: “It is about whether we are going to continue to punish people who are working. It is about whether we are going to side…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
It is about whether we are going to continue to punish people who are working. It is about whether we are going to side with the drug dealers, with the criminals, with the abusers of the system or whether we are going to side with the decent families, with the people that want to live in peaceful enjoyment in public housing. This is an opportunity for us to stand up with the working people, the working poor in urban areas to say, we are not going to cower, we are not going to be intimidated, we are going to stand firm for what we believe in, for the principles of work and responsibility and decency.
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Rick Lazio
New York
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Addressing issues related to public housing and the need for reform.

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