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Patricia Schroeder: I will call upon Attorney General Janet Reno to please give to the Judiciary Committee as rapidly as possible the…

On the recordJanuary 5, 1995
I will call upon Attorney General Janet Reno to please give to the Judiciary Committee as rapidly as possible the findings from the task force she has set up as to what we can do to make women's lives much more secure as they attend family planning clinics. People forget that women get all of their health care almost from family planning clinics during their reproductive years, and the domestic terrorism that has been going on is absolutely unacceptable. The people saying that if women want this they have to go out and hire private armies to secure it is ridiculous. This Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law. It never says you get your constitutional rights only if you can hire an army to enforce it for you. That is what the Federal Government is there for. So I certainly hope that we can get those recommendations back from our law enforcement community and we can move on it.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Addressing the need for security at family planning clinics and urging action from the Attorney General.

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