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Charles Rangel: It is social Darwinism; it is survival of the fittest put into public policy in this Committee.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2013
It is social Darwinism; it is survival of the fittest put into public policy in this Committee.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel criticizes Republican policies as promoting social Darwinism.

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