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On the recordJune 7, 2021
I hope that you will commit to doing everything you can to get that border opened so that the hardship that my constituents and other constituents are experiencing will end.
Said by
Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen urges Secretary Blinken to open the U.S.-Canada border due to hardships faced by constituents.

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