07/07/2009
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"I, in no way, view this measure, as limited as it is, as a way to replicate marriage by another name."
"We lag behind in the fact that the Federal Government does not offer these employment benefits."
"These provisions have been specifically added as strong fraud prevention language."
"correcting a longstanding injustice which has resulted in some Federal workers not receiving equal pay for equal work."