CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings December 13, 2013
And said my fellow senators, i have thought about this, i have contemplated it, maybe i have even prayed about it, and i believe the day has arrived to end slavery in the United States. And i will be attaching an amendment to every bill to end that horrific practice. Ill bet they were a very lonely United States senator at that point in our history. But im also guessing that that senator and tenacious other senators along the way exercised their rights as a minority and as an individual United States senator to continue to force that issue. What a courageous, remarkable thing to do. So lets th...
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