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Maxine Waters: “I also recognize that evictions increase the spread of COVID, and have the potential to seriously set back our national…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2021
I also recognize that evictions increase the spread of COVID, and have the potential to seriously set back our national economic recovery.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters links evictions to the spread of COVID and economic recovery challenges.

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