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On the recordSeptember 16, 2009
Now, listen, this whole issue of race people have tried to raise here over the last week or so, and this insinuation that the people who are opposing the president's policies are motivated by race, capped off by former President Carter's remarks over the last couple of days, let me tell you what. I reject this resoundingly.

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Boehner rejects the notion that opposition to the president's policies is racially motivated.

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