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On the recordJuly 12, 2011
Because in the long term, these kids, when they--the choice, if we do not fund the shelters, if we do not fund the transition, these kids going back in the situation are witnessing this or are subject to it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken warns about the generational cycle of abuse if shelters are not funded.

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