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Joe Crowley: “We passed it through the committee. We need to pass it on the floor.”

On the recordAugust 2, 2020
We passed it through the committee. We need to pass it on the floor.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley emphasizes the need to advance the BURMA Act in Congress.

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