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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 21, 2021
This week all the Republicans on this Committee sent a letter to John Kerry warning the Administration not to abuse Government power in this way.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Shelby mentions a letter sent to Kerry regarding government power misuse.

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