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On the recordOctober 20, 2015
I was elected to Congress in 1990. I went to Congress, Aung San Suu Kyi went to prison. It was a fundamental injustice.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley reflects on the injustice faced by Aung San Suu Kyi during his congressional tenure.

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