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On the recordJune 18, 2018
I need to understand why my colleagues, who've been elected to Congress to protect and preserve this Constitution, this Republic, and this Nation, is sitting silently by while we consistently observe this un-American activity.
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic · New Jersey

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Questions the silence of Congress regarding actions deemed un-American by the administration.

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