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Donald M. Payne: To the gentlewoman's point, I believe there was a document that was created to give to the President on those issues…

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
To the gentlewoman's point, I believe there was a document that was created to give to the President on those issues, and we are still waiting to hear back from the administration in reference to anything that was in that document. We don't need photo ops. We don't need to go to the White House and be trucked up there and lollygag and use us for whatever they deem proper for them. We need help for the American people. We need an administration that is going to look at these issues, be serious about them, and continue to move this country forward, as it was in the previous 8 years. {time} 2000
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Donald M. Payne
New Jersey
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Jul 24, 2017

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