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Brenda Lawrence: “How can we, as a country who consider ourselves so great, embrace a philosophy and a standard that impoverishes people…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
How can we, as a country who consider ourselves so great, embrace a philosophy and a standard that impoverishes people in America?
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

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Lawrence criticizes low wage rates and their impact on poverty.

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