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Terri Sewell: “Until the parents of more affluent children see that their lives are intrinsically linked to children who are poor, we…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
Until the parents of more affluent children see that their lives are intrinsically linked to children who are poor, we as a nation will never be the beloved community that so many civil rights leaders fought and died for. I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for the opportunity to speak on this underlying bill, and I want to urge my colleagues to vote against H.R. 5.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama
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Feb 25, 2015

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