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Summer Lee: “It is not Congress's policy to separate families and mothers from children. That is the policy of the President of the…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2019
It is not Congress's policy to separate families and mothers from children. That is the policy of the President of the United States.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee emphasizes that family separation is a presidential policy, not congressional.

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