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Cory Booker: poor people suffer because now folks who, 100 years ago, when they couldn't get food, they would go to the river and…

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
poor people suffer because now folks who, 100 years ago, when they couldn't get food, they would go to the river and fish.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Senator Booker highlights the impact of pollution on disadvantaged communities.

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