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Derrick Van Orden: “He is healing fine. He should make a full recovery.”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Iowa crash response 'made me proud to be an American': Rep. Van Orden | America Right Now

Published | Video Starts at 04:03

And this is what you owe me. You owe me to grow up and be a fantastic young man. So that's what he owes me. And I talked to his dad yesterday. He is healing fine. He should make a full recovery. And I just want to say the way that everybody responded to that accident made me proud to be an American. That's an American thing to do. (04:03–04:07)

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Asserts that the injured boy is healing well and is expected to make a full recovery.

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