I thank the gentlewoman for that information and for her passionate words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), who is an advocate for people throughout this country, not just Wisconsin, and who is a poet along with being a great Congresswoman.
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