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Karen Bass: “The context was in 1976, during what in India we refer to as the Emergency period.”

On the recordDecember 5, 2016
The context was in 1976, during what in India we refer to as the Emergency period.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Karen Bass seeks clarification on the historical context of the FCRA related to India's Emergency period.

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