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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
I represent a very--a community that has been polluted--you know, corporations have been polluting the air there, impacting the water source for decades now.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib highlights her community's long-term pollution issues.

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