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Rosa DeLauro: “Today's hearing to consider expanding paid leave even further for Federal workers shows Democrats' priorities are…”

On the recordJune 23, 2021
Today's hearing to consider expanding paid leave even further for Federal workers shows Democrats' priorities are incredibly distorted.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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Critiques Democrats' focus on paid leave instead of pressing national issues.

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