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On the recordMarch 28, 2022
Beginning with the American Rescue Plan, which not a single one of my Republican colleagues voted for in either the House or the Senate, that was the foundation for turning the economy around.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries highlights the American Rescue Plan's role in economic recovery.

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