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Lois Frankel: “When Congress passed and the president signed the WPS Act in 2017, we became the first and still the only country in the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2020
When Congress passed and the president signed the WPS Act in 2017, we became the first and still the only country in the world to enshrine these commitments into national legislation.
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Lois Frankel
Democratic · Florida

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Emphasizing the U.S. leadership in women's peace and security legislation.

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