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Elizabeth Furse: “It makes me very doubtful. It raises a strong doubt. Why have we been voting on things that hurt children and women and…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1995
It makes me very doubtful. It raises a strong doubt. Why have we been voting on things that hurt children and women and the environment and civil rights, like the fourth amendment?
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon

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Questioning legislative decisions impacting children, women, the environment, and civil rights.

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