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Eleanor Holmes Norton: RFRA has been used as a justification even recently--Senator Ted Cruz, here in the House, Representative Vicki…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
RFRA has been used as a justification even recently--Senator Ted Cruz, here in the House, Representative Vicki Hartzler--for attacks on the District's human rights amendment.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses RFRA's misuse to undermine D.C.'s human rights protections.

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