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James Lankford: “If suddenly that goes away, there is an obvious question as to whether those are no longer going to be enforced at HHS.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
If suddenly that goes away, there is an obvious question as to whether those are no longer going to be enforced at HHS.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the potential dissolution of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at HHS.

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