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On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
Last night was the State of the Union, but it was also the State of the American family, for family values were much on display like I have never seen before in this room. We had the President of the United States and his beautiful wife, Michelle, who have a beautiful family and certainly exhibited family values. And we had Gabby Giffords and her marvelous husband, Mark Kelly, who have shown family values. Two couples in America that are beautiful and have shown what vows mean and what for better or worse mean. They know a marriage is forever. They also are great Americans who want to bring this country together. And the President properly said our country is great. We're doing better. We have improved since the Bush years in so many areas and are putting our country on a course toward economic employment, preservation of the middle class, shared responsibility, and fairness. I urge everybody, in the spirit of family values that the President and Representative Giffords and their families exhibit, to join together as an American family and move this country forward and keep America number one. ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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