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Rashida Tlaib: One of the things that is important, and I worked at a nonprofit organization, I felt like I needed to answer a lot of…

On the recordDecember 4, 2024
One of the things that is important, and I worked at a nonprofit organization, I felt like I needed to answer a lot of the questions that were asked by my colleagues because the Census numbers impact even how we look at breast cancer among women, you know.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib emphasizes the importance of Census data on health issues in her community.

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