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Joe Biden: “My greatest regret is I have these -- had these three major pieces of legislation that are going to change the…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2021
My greatest regret is I have these -- had these three major pieces of legislation that are going to change the circumstances for working class folks and African Americans as well, that I`ve been busting my neck trying to pass. But what is done is prevented me from getting deeply up to my ears, which I`m going to do once this is done in dealing with police brutality, dealing with the whole notion of, what are we going to do about voting rights. It`s the greatest assault on voting rights in the history of the United States for real since the Civil War.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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President Biden expresses regret over stalled legislation and emphasizes the importance of addressing police brutality and voting rights.

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