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Barbara Boxer: To me, when we just look at the issue of children, the facts are that today right now 5.5 million children are somehow…

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
To me, when we just look at the issue of children, the facts are that today right now 5.5 million children are somehow being forced into labor that they do not want to do that they should not be doing.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Senator Boxer highlights the issue of child labor and its prevalence.

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