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Ayanna Pressley: “We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.”

On the recordDecember 4, 2024
We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley stresses the government's duty to remember and support all citizens.

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