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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 15, 2023
Our Americans are dying at record levels. And this Administration is tone-deaf. It is beyond tone-deaf.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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Criticism of the administration's response to rising American deaths.

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