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On the recordApril 1, 2009
But I think what there is disagreement about is having noted that we all agree--or I think all of us do agree on that--whether it is appropriate to round up everybody in sight because of their race, which it sounds like is happening in North Carolina.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers questions the appropriateness of racially motivated arrests in North Carolina.

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