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On the recordMay 17, 2016
There is only one major concern about that and about what we are not doing on child abuse here, and that is that talking about it, passing changes without approving necessary resources to get to the problem.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett criticizes Congress for not providing adequate resources to address child abuse.

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