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On the recordJune 16, 2020
I have never seen lines so long for food in my entire life than I did in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Kennedy describes the food insecurity crisis in Chelsea during the pandemic.

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