"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansPoliticians from TexasUnited States presidential candidates, 1956Speakers of the United States House of Representatives‎People from Tennessee
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On the weekly radio broadcast, "Texas Forum of the Air" (November 1, 1942); reported in Congressional Record (November 2, 1942), vol. 88, Appendix, p. A3866.
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Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (6 January 1882 – 16 November 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time House minority leader, and a 24-term congressman, representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving for over 17 years (
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