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Abdul El-Sayed: “We want an America where our tax dollars are spent to invest in our fellow Americans rather than to buy bombs and tanks…”

On the recordNovember 10, 2026
We want an America where our tax dollars are spent to invest in our fellow Americans rather than to buy bombs and tanks for other people's countries.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan
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Critiquing U.S. foreign spending.

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