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On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
You know, back in 1961 John F. Kennedy challenged America by saying that we would set a goal to send a man to the moon safely before the end of the decade.
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Lou Barletta
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Barletta compares the slow progress on immigration data collection to Kennedy's ambitious moon landing goal.

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