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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Mr. Chairman, I was reluctant to relive before this committee the most painful chapter of my life, the decision to leave a career that I love.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin shares her personal struggle related to discrimination in her career.

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