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Lloyd Doggett: “Forty-four? One can lose count because they do every time you turn around. But I thank the gentlewoman from Florida and…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2013
Forty-four? One can lose count because they do every time you turn around. But I thank the gentlewoman from Florida and the gentlewoman from Hawaii. This totally unjustified shutdown must end, and we must stand for American families to avoid the insecurity, the threat to them that grows by the hour.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Oct 12, 2013

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