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Gregory Meeks: What I did hear is some say that we do have basically--they didn't use these words, but we have some who will con…

On the recordApril 29, 2019
What I did hear is some say that we do have basically--they didn't use these words, but we have some who will con people; we have some who will just come and try to confuse people for their own benefit, for their own basis.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks addresses concerns about financial exploitation in low-income areas.

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