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On the recordMarch 13, 2019
For any congressional leader to attempt to take away protections for not only women, but indigenous women, at a time when we are just beginning to understand how deep rooted and serious of an issue the severe lack of protections is for Native women is an abomination.
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Debra Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

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Haaland condemns attempts to weaken protections for indigenous women.

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