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Maxine Waters: “I am so pleased that you're holding this hearing, because, at the height of the pandemic, we were hearing stories about…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2021
I am so pleased that you're holding this hearing, because, at the height of the pandemic, we were hearing stories about what was happening to many of our essential and frontline workers.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters expresses gratitude for the hearing addressing worker conditions during the pandemic.

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