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Jeff Sessions: “Absolutely. I supported it in 2000 when it passed. I supported it in 2005 when both of those bills I supported became…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Absolutely. I supported it in 2000 when it passed. I supported it in 2005 when both of those bills I supported became law.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions confirms his past support for the Violence Against Women Act.

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