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On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
La Raza has not received a single penny from these settlements, and it did not proactively seek to be designated as a recipient of these funds.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers defends La Raza against allegations of receiving settlement funds.

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