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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJanuary 4, 2022
If there's anything that we come upon, as a committee, that we think would warrant a referral, to the Department of Justice, we will do that.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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Bennie Thompson discusses the committee's potential actions regarding referrals to the Department of Justice.

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