Political Quotes

On the recordApril 26, 2017
the Northern Mariana Islands as having living and working conditions that 'simply should not exist in the United States of America.'
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Frank Murkowski
Alaska

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Murkowski criticized the poor living and working conditions in the Northern Mariana Islands.

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