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Nita Lowey: I cannot imagine the compassion that you talked about earlier in dealing with drug addicts. I cannot imagine where the…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
I cannot imagine the compassion that you talked about earlier in dealing with drug addicts. I cannot imagine where the compassion would come from where we would write a rule that would put 55,000 children, kicked them out into the street.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing a housing rule that could evict children from their homes.

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