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On the recordMay 2, 2022
People will starve. ... Why are people in starvation that may be on the line? What Putin is doing is blocking the Black Sea.
Said by
Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Meeks warns about the global food crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine and the blockade by Russia.

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