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Rashida Tlaib: “I am really frustrated from hearing colleagues--it is not immigrants or China we are talking about here.”

On the recordJune 7, 2021
I am really frustrated from hearing colleagues--it is not immigrants or China we are talking about here.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib expresses frustration over accountability for the Sackler family in the opioid crisis.

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