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On the recordMay 14, 2019
There really are two Americas now. There's the America that we all represent, where we know there to be homeless veterans and people going bankrupt because they can't afford to pay their medical bills; diabetics rationing their insulin; public schools closing art and music classes.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin highlights the disparity between everyday Americans and the military industrial complex.

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