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John Garamendi: “Those statistics are a wake-up call for America. More than half the population are female, and yet our policies are not…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
Those statistics are a wake-up call for America. More than half the population are female, and yet our policies are not women-friendly policies. Our laws are not women-friendly laws, and we need to change that. I would like now to yield to my colleague from California, Janice Hahn, a longtime city councilwoman in the City of Los Angeles, a woman who knows these issues from her experience representing the communities in that area and now an outstanding Member of the Congress.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jan 14, 2014

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