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Jared Huffman: This is about perhaps an age-old human quality: greed. But it is not about human rights.

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
This is about perhaps an age-old human quality: greed. But it is not about human rights.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman criticizes the motivations behind ASRC's lobbying efforts.

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