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Summer Lee: “The President is taking, within the context of the laws, the ability to implement to help the most vulnerable.”

On the recordDecember 2, 2013
The President is taking, within the context of the laws, the ability to implement to help the most vulnerable.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee defends the President's actions to aid vulnerable populations under the law.

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