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On the recordFebruary 16, 2022
If we are going to take on the pandemic, climate change, and hunger successfully, we can't be stuck on the same policies of austerity that got us here.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

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Garcia emphasizes the need to move away from austerity policies for global recovery.

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