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On the recordDecember 1, 2016
I thank the Chair. Those words should continue to reverberate in this Chamber. Colleagues, set your sights on the vision of ending your denying, diluting, and defiling of the most fundamental right close to the hearts of Americans and the foundation of a government of, by, and for the people. Only then will we have a government that responds to the real issues Americans face rather than the special goals of the most powerful and the most privileged. I thank the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority whip. ____________________
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