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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
What I am taking from your testimony is that the wealth gap that we see in our country is not an accident of our history. It is a design of our history.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Senator Smith emphasizes that the wealth gap is a result of deliberate policies.

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