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Congressional Testimony
11-10-2009
Statement of Debra L. Ness President National Partnership for Women & Families
Committee on Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee
on Children and Families November 10, 2009 Good morning Chairman Dodd,
Ranking Member Alexander, members of the Subcommittee and my distinguished
fellow panelists. Thank you for inviting us to talk about the policies
our nation`s workers urgently need during this H1N1 flu emergency. I am
Debra Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families,
a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy group ...

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