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On the recordOctober 23, 2023
I represent Alabama's Black Belt, a very proud product of Alabama's rural Black Belt. But our rate of poverty is much higher than the rate in Alabama writ large.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell highlights the high poverty rate in her district compared to the rest of Alabama.

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