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On the recordJune 15, 2021
What does it truly mean to be forgotten when it comes to policy and when it comes to when you look at budgets that are coming out of Washington, DC, and it leaves communities like ours behind?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib questions the neglect of marginalized communities in policy decisions.

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