House Proceeding 03-12-09 on Mar 12th, 2009 :: 1:47:30 to 1:49:35
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Emanuel Cleaver: vote. mr. ellison: so they have to pay and when it comes to congress they don't get to play? i yield back to the gentleman. mr. cleaver: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. the people of the district of columbia work hard every day. they pay their taxes. they do the right thing. but when time comes to vote,

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Speech By: Emanuel Cleaver

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Emanuel Cleaver: the government of the united states says shut up, you don't have a right to vote. we just want your tax dollars. we want your sons and daughters to go into the sands of iraq and afghanistan but we don't want you to vote. now, i was elected to congress beca congressional district of

1:48:10 to 1:48:31( Edit History Discussion )

Emanuel Cleaver: missouri, kansas city, independence, and the surrounding areas need a representative in congress. i am that represen but the people of the district of columbia in over 200 years have never been able to say this is my representative. and so, congressman, mr. speaker, i would just like to say that if the people of the

1:48:32 to 1:48:53( Edit History Discussion )

Emanuel Cleaver: united states would like to get something to be angry about, i mean, there are a lot of things that fluff issues that people get connected with that really are not significant, but if you want something that is significant, then try getting involved in and becoming supportive of the effort to make the district of columbia, the citizens thereof an

1:48:54 to 1:49:15( Edit History Discussion )

Emanuel Cleaver: opportunity to be full americans, full americans. they're not asking for anything special. they want what all other americans have, the right to vote, the right to have their own municipal government that does not have to cow down to the federal government. and as i close, i'd just like to say that this is a nation of people who love justice.

1:49:16 to 1:49:36( Edit History Discussion )

Emanuel Cleaver: i mean, of all the nations on the planet, the united states is a nation that says it is a just nation. and yet we will not act in any way to support the people of the district. and further, all of the opinion