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Ayanna Pressley: “I think the time for small steps and half-measures is long time-over, it's expired. It is time for a Green New Deal.”

On the recordAugust 4, 2020
I think the time for small steps and half-measures is long time-over, it's expired. It is time for a Green New Deal.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley calls for urgent action on climate change through a Green New Deal.

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