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Bennie Thompson: “We need real leadership at the Federal level if our country is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent more lives…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2020
We need real leadership at the Federal level if our country is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent more lives from being lost needlessly.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Calls for federal leadership to effectively manage the COVID-19 crisis.

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