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Pramila Jayapal: “Let me tell you what people are going to remember. They're not going to remember the road, they are going to remember…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2021
Let me tell you what people are going to remember. They're not going to remember the road, they are going to remember that they could wake up and have childcare where they couldn't afford it before, or that they have 12 weeks of paid family leave, or that their kids are going to have a planet to live on because we're actually taking action.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal highlights the lasting impact of the Build Back Better agenda on people's lives compared to infrastructure improvements.

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