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On the recordApril 1, 2019
I would submit to you that we never know any way who is lying that they really have a deeply-held religious belief.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

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Questioning the validity of claims of deeply-held religious beliefs used to justify discrimination.

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