Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 14, 2022
Congress will not be able to give me back the four years that I lost or any other time that anybody has lost.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Expressing the irreparable loss due to marijuana convictions.

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