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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
how do you morally justify further disadvantaging that child by denying him or her benefits? Because that's what this bill allows.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank questions the morality of denying benefits to children based on parental marital status.

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