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On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
There is legislation called the United American Families Act which would establish an equivalency so that... we will not have the cruelty of keeping loving couples apart.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the United American Families Act to prevent separation of same-sex couples.

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