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Joe Manchin: “It is absolutely a conundrum that we cannot get out of abject poverty in Appalachia or poverty-stricken areas.”

On the recordJune 9, 2021
It is absolutely a conundrum that we cannot get out of abject poverty in Appalachia or poverty-stricken areas.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin discusses the challenges of poverty in Appalachia.

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