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Elijah Cummings: “They do not get it so much so that they have six weeks on just to deal with the humanitarian crisis just to help these…”

On the recordJune 24, 2019
They do not get it so much so that they have six weeks on just to deal with the humanitarian crisis just to help these people in a short-term way--they will not even pass that.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticizes Democrats for failing to address the humanitarian crisis at the border.

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