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On the recordAugust 1, 2012
Having already spent an extraordinary amount of Committee time and resources in an effort to roll back the civil rights of women, persons with disabilities, gay and lesbian Americans, and other minorities...
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler criticizes the majority for undermining civil rights.

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