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Ayanna Pressley: I believe the American public should know exactly how you and the Republican majority that invited you to testify today…

On the recordJune 26, 2024
I believe the American public should know exactly how you and the Republican majority that invited you to testify today want to sabotage the EEOC, rewrite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and push all of us back to an era of Jim Crow racism.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes Republicans for undermining civil rights protections and the EEOC.

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