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On the recordOctober 3, 2007
Their pastors, their imams, and their rabbis. We need to make sure that our children are protected, and we have an opportunity to do so. We should not miss this opportunity. We don't know when it will come our way again. Just think about the lives in between, the children's lives in between that will be adversely impacted if we are unable to override the President's veto. We don't have any time to waste. The imperative is there. And I think there isn't a parent, an aunt, an uncle or grandparent who doesn't understand what it is to stay up late at night when their child is ill and to feel helpless. Compound that with the fact that you can't even go to a doctor until, as your President says, they are sick enough to be wheeled into an emergency room. There has got to be a better way, my colleagues.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Addressing the need to protect children's health and the urgency to override the President's veto.

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