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Elijah Cummings: “Nobody fighting abroad to protect our country should also have to fight here at home just to keep a home and a roof over…”

On the recordJune 20, 2012
Nobody fighting abroad to protect our country should also have to fight here at home just to keep a home and a roof over the heads of their loved ones.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Stressing the need for protections for servicemembers' families.

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