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On the recordApril 1, 2022
And still I rise. I thank Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Perlmutter. Mr. Speaker, I rise because I see this as a bill that will benefit some of the least, the last, and the lost; people who have been denied access to housing, denied access to loans, denied access to things that we need to succeed in the United States of America. Mr. Speaker, I plan to support it. I ask that my colleagues support it because it is tough being a Black man with a criminal record in the United States of America. This bill will help a lot of Black men have opportunities that they have been denied.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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Apr 1, 2022

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