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Mazie Hirono: “The battles we thought we had won don't stay won, whether…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 09:45

I've been introducing this bill ever since I got to the Senate and it's been a number of years now. And I'm going to keep on doing it because one thing is you got to stay the course. The battles we thought we had won don't stay won, whether it's voting rights, reproductive rights, civil rights. the battles we thought we had fought don't stay war. So eternal vigilance is required of all of us. So the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate act is really important and I will keep on pushing it. (09:45–09:52)

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Asserts that previously secured rights are under threat and require ongoing vigilance.

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