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Gerry Connolly: “If we were talking 40 or 50 years ago about, for example Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement, we would have…”

On the recordMay 30, 2012
If we were talking 40 or 50 years ago about, for example Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement, we would have heard testimony right here at this table.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly compares current federal involvement debates to historical civil rights discussions.

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