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Barbara Lee: That is right. It was an embarrassment, and it was a stigma on us. Welfare queens, that is what they tried to call us.

On the recordDecember 17, 2024
That is right. It was an embarrassment, and it was a stigma on us. Welfare queens, that is what they tried to call us.
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Barbara Lee
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Dec 17, 2024

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