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On the recordJuly 18, 2023
When I look up at the walls of this Committee room and only see one person who looks like me, I feel reminded that many people for a long time did not believe that people like me belong here.
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Robert Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Summer Lee reflects on the lack of representation in the Committee room.

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