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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: “We have no form of representative democracy if we do not represent our districts, if we don't stand for a working…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2026
We have no form of representative democracy if we do not represent our districts, if we don't stand for a working waterfront, if we don't stand for people working in the trades, if we don't stand for right-to-repair, if we don't stand for our Ukrainian countrymen, we have nothing.
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democratic · Washington

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Remarks on the importance of representation.

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