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On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
I want to follow up a little bit on Senator Merkley's question about UNFPA because in March of 2017, the Trump administration invoked the Kemp-Kasten amendment to withhold U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen discusses the withholding of funds from UNFPA due to abortion concerns.

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