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Summer Lee: “I want to ask the question, the value of consistent funding for police departments.”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2015
I want to ask the question, the value of consistent funding for police departments.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee questions the importance of stable funding for law enforcement.

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