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Marcy Kaptur: Roy confided in a friend, 'No one will ever understand what it is like to sit around the table at meal time and look at…

On the recordNovember 3, 1999
Roy confided in a friend, 'No one will ever understand what it is like to sit around the table at meal time and look at your children and know that they will never be independent.'
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio
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congress.gov
Nov 3, 1999

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Sharing a personal reflection from Roy Engler about his children.

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