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Rashida Tlaib: “Congress, I believe, has a duty to the 3.5 million people of the U.S. territories, to undue the separate and unequal…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
Congress, I believe, has a duty to the 3.5 million people of the U.S. territories, to undue the separate and unequal status quo...
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib calls for Congress to address disparities in benefits for U.S. territories.

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