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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 25, 2019
I look forward to working with all of my colleagues so that we can provide ample oversight and accountability for these CRAs, since clearly, they cannot be trusted to do that themselves.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Pressley expresses her commitment to collaborate for better oversight of CRAs.

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