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Conor Lamb: “I know a firefighter who is going into sick people's homes still today with no mask. We all talk like this is war, but…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2020
I know a firefighter who is going into sick people's homes still today with no mask. We all talk like this is war, but did George Marshall, a western Pennsylvanian, wait for U.S. Steel to join the U.S. war effort in their own good time? No. He used to say: You cannot fight against the problem. You have to decide it. We have given this government money. We cannot give it leadership. Now is the time to decide this problem. Take this money, buy the masks, build the ventilators, and protect our people now.
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Conor Lamb
Pennsylvania
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Mar 27, 2020

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