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But when you think about the whole way that 
all of us got here was through slavery, 

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and for slavery to have happened in this 
country for so many, so many years,

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and to see outlawed education for so many years, 
outlawed voter participation for so many years,

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see a Mr. Lewis serve in this Congress and 
still watch video and film of him being beaten and,

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and still seeing video and film of him in the White House, 
you know, major legislation being signed.

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And to see him today on the floor giving closing speeches to, 
to, to close debate on major legislation, bills—

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not—how would you say—mixed feelings about our country, 
but definitely give you hope that a greater day is still coming.

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Even after serving with Senator Obama and serving 
with President Obama, the struggle still continues.

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So I think that we’ll see more and more 
people of color come to the Congress.