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On the recordMay 16, 2012
I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to submit my remarks in opposition to a Republican bill that weakens protections for violence against women and in support of the bipartisan Senate bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from New York? There was no objection.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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