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On the recordMarch 7, 2012
I ask for continued support for the Violence Against Women's Act and note that we have had a number of staff lay-offs, over 2,000 in that program and that program has saved lives.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee advocates for funding to support programs that protect women.

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