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Al Green: “There should be penalties for companies that import things using prison slave labor.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
There should be penalties for companies that import things using prison slave labor.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Advocating for penalties against companies using forced labor.

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