Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the 103rd Congress, my fellowAmericans:
I am not sure what speech is in the TelePrompTer tonight, but I hope we can talk about the State of the Union.
I ask you to begin by recalling the memory of the giant who presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip O'Neill liked to call himself "A Man of the House" and he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayer's son who...
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