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Ami Bera: “I grew up in California, in southern California in the Los Angeles area in the 1960s, and I recall as a kid there were…”

On the recordJune 21, 2016
I grew up in California, in southern California in the Los Angeles area in the 1960s, and I recall as a kid there were days where my mom would not let us go outside because if we did sneak outside, as kids are known to do sometimes, we'd get out there playing--we could see the air that we were breathing sometimes.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

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Bera shares personal experiences of air pollution in California to highlight public health issues.

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