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Tom Harkin: “What we need is a clear Federal prohibition of discrimination against LGBT individuals, and that is what the Employment…”

On the recordJune 11, 2012
What we need is a clear Federal prohibition of discrimination against LGBT individuals, and that is what the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would accomplish.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin advocates for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination.

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