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Emanuel Cleaver: Not to be argumentative, but the Secretary was mayor of San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas. I was mayor of…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
Not to be argumentative, but the Secretary was mayor of San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas. I was mayor of the largest city in the State of Missouri.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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Cleaver highlights his experience as a mayor in discussing affordable housing.

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