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Joni Ernst: “I think that one life in California is equal to the value of a life in Iowa as well.”

On the recordDecember 5, 2017
I think that one life in California is equal to the value of a life in Iowa as well.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Senator Ernst emphasizes the equal value of lives in different states.

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