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John Conyers: “I would commend Congress to amend the child protection laws and explicitly say that no child should ever be removed from…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
I would commend Congress to amend the child protection laws and explicitly say that no child should ever be removed from a parent's home except for reasons of the highest order.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers advocates for legislative changes to protect children from being removed from their families.

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