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On the recordMarch 31, 2009
Well, thank you. Because as long as I am here in the Senate, I am not only going to remember that little boy in the field hospital in the jungle of Honduras, but I am also going to remember all of the other places I have visited around the world in Africa and Asia and elsewhere, where you have worked and where we have victims that suffer in a way I would hope that my children or my grandchildren never have to suffer.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes his commitment to remembering global suffering and supporting aid efforts.

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