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Steny Hoyer: “I, too, thank the gentleman for this amendment. As the gentleman may know, there have been similar amendments that the…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2001
I, too, thank the gentleman for this amendment. As the gentleman may know, there have been similar amendments that the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) and I offered to this bill all throughout the 1980s. This is a good amendment. Clearly, the United States needs to be on the side of ensuring that this kind of abuse does not occur to children, women, and workers generally. This is a very good amendment, and I thank the gentleman for offering it.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Expressing support for an amendment related to protecting children, women, and workers.

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