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Rashida Tlaib: “I think it's really hard for me to sometimes sit here and hear folks, you know, kind of be the--the defendant lawyers…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
I think it's really hard for me to sometimes sit here and hear folks, you know, kind of be the--the defendant lawyers for the corporations.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib expresses frustration over corporate defense in hearings.

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