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Gregory Meeks: It is immensely more difficult to encourage reforms when our very institutions are threatened here in the United States.

On the recordMay 16, 2017
It is immensely more difficult to encourage reforms when our very institutions are threatened here in the United States.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks points out the challenges of promoting reforms amid domestic threats to democracy.

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