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Alex Padilla: “The story of the American Latino and the fight for equality…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Justice calls for passage of Hershel "Woody" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act

Published | Video Starts at 13:01

… a National Medal of Honor recipient, Herschel Woody Williams, the individual whom the placement legislation is named after. But as I shared in committee yesterday morning, I also believe that The story of the American Latino and the fight for equality by American women should also be enshrined on the National Mall. So have an amendment that would add the text of those bills to Senate Measure 858 to also allowed Latino and women's museums to build on the National Mall. (13:01–13:12)

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Asserts that the stories of American Latinos and women's fight for equality should be represented on the National Mall.

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