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Katie Porter: Language about broken families or a family being a man and a woman--I remember I wrote to Deb, what does that mean about…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
Language about broken families or a family being a man and a woman--I remember I wrote to Deb, what does that mean about our families that we are proudly raising.
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California

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Porter challenges traditional definitions of family in the context of her own experience.

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