When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn’t heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983.
Eric Massa Quotes
I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against.
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| Birth: | 16th September, 1959 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Naval Officer, Politician |
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Eric James Joseph Massa was born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He is an American politician and Naval officer. He is a former U.S. Representative for the 29th Congressional District of New York, who served in Congress from January 2009 until his resignation in March 2010. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1981 and went on to serve in the Navy for 24 years.
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