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On the recordMarch 6, 2019
I thank the chair for holding this important hearing today and for her leadership in the effort to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler acknowledges the importance of the hearing and leadership in reauthorizing VAWA.

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