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Rashida Tlaib: “I just ask all of you to truly understand what this will do to our communities. Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2025
I just ask all of you to truly understand what this will do to our communities. Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to please vote ``no'' on this divisive bill. It is so important to understand what you are going to turn our communities and our neighborhoods into. We can't allow that to continue to happen. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Palmer). Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins). He is the author of the Laken Riley Act in the House, representing her hometown and her grieving family.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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Jan 22, 2025

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