Give Gil a big round of applause. (Applause.) Representative John Conyers is here. (Applause.) And of course, I want to welcome the leaders of the National Association of Police Organizations, including your president, Tom Nee. (Applause.) Tom told me he just had a new granddaughter.

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On the eve of the getaway, Tom Cole, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, told me that factional disputes over taxes and spending had created a dire situation.

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Yet, I disagree with Tom that there was anything different about what was told to me in that room because I was a woman.

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