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On the recordMay 18, 2021
The great writer and intellectual Carlyle was right, ``No lie can live forever.'' Kill 300 people? No lie can live forever. Destroy an entire business district? Try to hide it? No lie can live forever. Hundreds hospitalized, families destroyed. No lie can live forever. One hundred years later, truth crushed to Earth has arisen, and no lie can live forever.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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May 18, 2021

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