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Cory Booker: Much of hunger and poverty is a policy choice and not an inevitable reality.

On the recordMarch 24, 2021
Much of hunger and poverty is a policy choice and not an inevitable reality.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker highlights the impact of policy decisions on hunger and poverty.

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