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Gerry Connolly: “As you know, on Friday I'll be funeralizing my mother-in-law, who was very dear to me, who died from breast cancer less…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
As you know, on Friday I'll be funeralizing my mother-in-law, who was very dear to me, who died from breast cancer less than a week ago.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Personal statement about the importance of cancer research funding.

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