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John Boehner: “We are sent here to do what's right, and sometimes doing what's right is hard and it's not free; and yet that's the…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
We are sent here to do what's right, and sometimes doing what's right is hard and it's not free; and yet that's the measure of leadership.
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John Boehner
Ohio

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Emphasizing the importance of doing what's right in leadership.

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