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Steve Cohen: “What is good for the goose should be good for the gander. There but for the grace of God go I. You should care about…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2011
What is good for the goose should be good for the gander. There but for the grace of God go I. You should care about your brother and your sister. And this is going to be repealed in the same week as Dr. King's holiday? I mean, I know it took a while for Dr. King's holiday to come about. It was John Conyers' steadfastness for 15 years to make it become law, and even then there were people in this House who voted against it, and there were people in the Senate who voted against it, but there is nobody who has given a better philosophy of life over 2,000 years than Dr. King.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Jan 18, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker reflects on the significance of Dr. King's holiday and the importance of caring for others.

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