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Dean Phillips: “We spend a lot of time talking about what we should do, perhaps not enough time listening to what people want or need.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
We spend a lot of time talking about what we should do, perhaps not enough time listening to what people want or need.
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Dean Phillips
Democratic · Minnesota

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Phillips highlights the need to listen to the needs of the Venezuelan people.

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