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On the recordMarch 23, 2021
Do you share my view that the humanitarian crisis in public housing is primarily a consequence of Federal disinvestment?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters questions the impact of federal disinvestment on public housing crises.

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