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Rep. Corrine Brown: “I represent a little county of roughly about 2,000 folks or so. It is Glascock County. It is the peacock capital of…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1995
I represent a little county of roughly about 2,000 folks or so. It is Glascock County. It is the peacock capital of Georgia. I went there for a visit. It was the first time that that county had ever been visited by a Member of Congress. And that county, by the way, is a majority white county. So we do not distinguish our constituents on the basis of race, and it is unfortunate that five unhappy people would be able to hold 580,000 people hostage as we go through this redistricting process.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Discussing the impact of redistricting on constituents during a congressional address.

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