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Rashida Tlaib: “I ask that this administration please stop playing politics with the lives of the children.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
I ask that this administration please stop playing politics with the lives of the children.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib urges the administration to prioritize children's lives over political agendas.

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