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Article: Remarks at a Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon
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- March 17, 2009
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March 17, 2009
Please, everyone, have a seat. Have a seat. Have another one of those cookies that's being passed around. [Laughter]
Speaker Pelosi, distinguished Members of the House and Senate, honored guests, the Taoiseach and his entire delegation, all the extraordinary leaders from Ireland, Northern Ireland, who are here: Thank you so much for joining us in this wonderful St. Patrick's Day tradition.
As Speaker Pelosi mentioned, this lunch was begun under Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan, two men of Irish stock who loved a good scrap, but who also knew how to work together to find common ground and to put the differences of the day aside in favor of laughter and good cheer at the end of ...