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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 recordJuly 13, 2022
Do you think that there is anything that would--I keep hearing this whole notion of it needs to go back to the elected representatives. Well last time I checked I was an elected representative.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas
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Garcia asserts her role as an elected representative in the discussion.

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