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And I'll always remember,

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as long as I live,

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I was so touched that

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it brought tears to my

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eyes when everyplace we

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went around the state

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when I was Commissioner of Human Services,

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we always stopped at a

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facility or at a business

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that... where there were people who were

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developmentally disabled.

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And I remember one day,

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we stopped at the Radisson Hotel

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in Minneapolis. And there was

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a young woman who was

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wiping the glass on the doors, on the glass

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on the doors with such

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pride in her work.

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We were there, and, you know, there was

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press there and the people from the hotel,

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and it was a big thing.

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The Governor had come there.

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And I noticed over on the

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side this young woman

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wiping and cleaning and cleaning the brass

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handles. And then the manager of the hotel

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said, "That woman is mentally retarded.

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She never missed a day of work.

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She loves her job."

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And we went over there and we talked

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to her, and she went up to the Governor and

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she said, "I love my work.

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This is my whole life." And I looked over

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at him, and, I mean,

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I had tears in my eyes and there were tears

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actually coming down his face.

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So you work with somebody like that,

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it's an inspiration

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and makes it easier to move

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the troops and get the people

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in the community working.

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And so I'm just proud of the fact

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that I was part of an administration

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that was able to do this and

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that I played a part in it.

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And today, looking back,

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life is better for a lot of people.