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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 22, 2022
Right now, currently Native Americans have some of the highest rates of food insecurity and the highest rates of diabetes.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico
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Highlighting health and nutrition issues faced by Native American communities.

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