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On the recordMarch 17, 2021
As we look forward toward a Build Back Better agenda, how can our country confront a reckoning with race and poverty without addressing the unfairness of the massive financial obligations placed on communities like Cleveland, like Toledo, like Detroit?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur discusses the financial burdens on struggling communities and their impact on public health.

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