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On the recordMay 14, 2003
Well, the gentleman's position is very well founded, trying again to tie themselves to our sons and daughters who stood in harm's way in our American military, proudly, for our country. But right, at that very microphone this morning, our colleague from Houston, Mr. Culberson, stood up and compared the same Democrats George Bush had his arm around and claimed they were like suicide bombers. When I hear that kind of extremism, I think whether it is in Texas or up here, that is a fellow that has been spending too much time around Tom DeLay. It kind of rubs off. And while we need to tolerate that point of view, as extreme as it is, we do not want everybody in America to have to be just like Tom DeLay. Was he not the same fellow who said that Baylor, up in your town, that he thought you could not get a Godly education at Baylor or Texas A&M?
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Addressing extremism in political rhetoric during a debate.

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