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On the recordMarch 22, 1994
So, of the 535 Members of the U.S. Congress, which would include the House and the Senate, is the gentleman telling me there are only 40 African-American Members in the entire U.S. Congress today?
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Cleo Fields
Democratic · Louisiana
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the representation of African-Americans in Congress.

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