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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Let me comment on this gender discrimination. I think the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, put it really well today--some of the women had a meeting with her--when she said, being a woman is a preexisting condition.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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