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On the recordDecember 4, 2024
So, I can be someone who is from a foreign country, not a citizen. I just come over here, and I move here and I am accounted to make decisions on behalf of the citizens of the United States.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry questions the legitimacy of counting non-citizens for decision-making in the U.S.

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