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On the recordMay 24, 2021
Are you not alarmed by the fact that in 43 percent of these cases, that no action was taken, and it met the definition of severe physical abuse?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Speier questions the lack of action in severe abuse cases.

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