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On the recordJuly 23, 2020
People are dying and they are getting sick and they don't have access to resources, as you acknowledged, because of the systems that have been set up against them.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib highlights the systemic issues affecting access to resources for marginalized communities.

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