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Rashida Tlaib: “My district is the third-poorest congressional district. We are literally front-line communities for these payday…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
My district is the third-poorest congressional district. We are literally front-line communities for these payday lenders.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib highlights the impact of predatory lending in her impoverished district.

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