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On the recordNovember 21, 2003
I know we are getting down to the last few minutes, but, like my colleague from Michigan, I ate a lot of Spam. I am holding up my gift of Spam from my cosponsor. Like him, the only way I could ever survive Spam was with A-1 steak sauce. I remember the story that my first time, somebody showing up at a town hall meeting and saying, I'm tired of spam and I said, thank goodness I haven't had to eat it in years. But I do remember it tasted pretty good in college when I needed it. But now as my colleague from Michigan said, spam will not have a bad name for people who use the Internet. Again, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Mrs. Wilson) for providing me a can of Spam. I am not going to cook it. I am going to put it on the wall so hopefully I will not have to.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Spam in a light-hearted manner during a floor speech.

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