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On the recordJuly 28, 2020
So if you look at the data, it hasn't gotten better. You, I fear, plucked this high-water mark to make the case that somehow we are doing better when, in fact, we aren't doing any better.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier argues that the data shows no improvement in sexual assault rates.

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