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Shelley Berkley: “I can't remember one person in the last year, 2 years, 10 years or 12 years that I have been serving in Congress, coming…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I can't remember one person in the last year, 2 years, 10 years or 12 years that I have been serving in Congress, coming to me and asking me to please make it even more difficult for a woman to get the proper health insurance in case she has a need of a life-saving or health-restoring abortion procedure.
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Shelley Berkley
Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Berkley highlights constituents' concerns about jobs, not restrictions on abortion access.

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