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Rick Larsen: “It is shameful that anyone would shut this Government down.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
It is shameful that anyone would shut this Government down.
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

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Larsen condemns the government shutdown and its impact on public perception.

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