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Veronica Escobar: “This hearing today is about essential workers. It's not about PPP. It's not about civil unrest. It's not about…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2020
This hearing today is about essential workers. It's not about PPP. It's not about civil unrest. It's not about grievances against immigrants. It's about essential workers.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

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Escobar clarifies the focus of the hearing on essential workers, not political grievances.

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