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Rashida Tlaib: “As a kid, she often threw up and had a headache after walking to school in southwest Detroit.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2020
As a kid, she often threw up and had a headache after walking to school in southwest Detroit.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib shares a resident's experience of health issues due to air quality.

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