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Alan Grayson: “What we want above all is we want people to be able to reach their potential without being barred from that by…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2015
What we want above all is we want people to be able to reach their potential without being barred from that by discrimination.
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Alan Grayson
Florida

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Grayson advocates for removing barriers to individual potential.

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