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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
We ought to be dealing with voting rights and due process and death, and that is what we ought to be instead of trying to pick a partisan fight with the Administration.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers emphasizes the need to focus on voting rights and police issues over partisan politics.

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