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Elijah Cummings: “I am hoping that maybe a tiny bit of the energy we have put into this hearing we will put into addressing the very…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
I am hoping that maybe a tiny bit of the energy we have put into this hearing we will put into addressing the very things that the Occupy movement is all about.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings urges focus on issues raised by the Occupy movement.

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