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On the recordOctober 21, 2019
I thank Mr. Evans, as one gentleman from a great American city paying tribute to another man from a great American city, as native sons. I thank him for those kind words and for the fight that we are all continuing to undertake on behalf of the people whom we represent in this great Nation. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Demings), who had the honor of being on the Oversight and Reform Committee with Mr. Cummings, for her remarks about that great American.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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