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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I cannot understand how people that profess to want smaller government and keep government out of the lives of people can be so interested in a piece of legislation like this, that I can't think of anything more intrusive or invasive than interfering with a woman's right to choose.
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Shelley Berkley
Nevada

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Berkley criticizes legislation affecting women's reproductive rights as intrusive government overreach.

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