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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“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 recordMarch 24, 2014
I have long said that we have not engaged Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, and Central America in the methods that we should.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Meeks reflects on the lack of U.S. engagement with Latin American countries.

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