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Jim Clyburn: “When I call for this country to use the CARES Act to restructure things in the vision of this great country, with…”

On the recordJune 1, 2020
When I call for this country to use the CARES Act to restructure things in the vision of this great country, with liberty and justice for all, it's there in our Pledge of Allegiance, I was mocked on the floor of the United States Senate by the Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn discusses his call for restructuring using the CARES Act and criticizes Mitch McConnell for mocking his proposals.

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