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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 13, 2019
Thank you to our distinguished chairman, who has given us each the challenge and the charge as members of this committee to be efficient and effective in pursuit of the truth.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Pressley acknowledges the chairman's guidance for the committee's work.

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