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Rosa DeLauro: “I believe separating children from their parents is government-sponsored child abuse, and HHS is complicit.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
I believe separating children from their parents is government-sponsored child abuse, and HHS is complicit.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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DeLauro criticizes the government's policy of separating children from parents as abusive.

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