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On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
It seems to me certainly based upon what is happening around the country... that the Congress of the United States... was mandated or made a decision to intervene against the path of history.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey criticizes Congress's intervention in state rights regarding DOMA cases.

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