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Cass Ballenger: “Thus, to take an extreme example, a program funded by this bill could not require that an applicant be sterilized before…”

On the recordApril 13, 1999
Thus, to take an extreme example, a program funded by this bill could not require that an applicant be sterilized before she is eligible for microenterprise assistance?
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to microenterprise assistance.

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