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Tim Ryan: It is making a difference to average families. And over the King holiday, the great thing is to go back and start…

On the recordJanuary 17, 2007
It is making a difference to average families. And over the King holiday, the great thing is to go back and start reading some of the old speeches and the letter from the Birmingham jail where he talked about a sense of urgency. You know: Don't ask us to wait. What are we going to wait for? You go wait. Well, I think that is the attitude Speaker Pelosi and our leadership took, and we didn't wait; we actually implemented this stuff. And when it is all said and done, I think no matter where any of our careers end, whether it is in the next term or retirement or some higher office, we are going to be able to see in our scrapbooks that my Aunt Rita keeps for me, I have a little Aunt Rita who cuts out my clippings and puts them in a little book, but we will be able to look back at all we have done throughout our careers and say, I was here when this all happened. I was in the United States Congress when this all happened. That is special, and that is why we are all so very excited.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the impact of legislative actions on families and reflecting on historical speeches.

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