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Tammy Baldwin: “I really wanted to do was make myself available for…”

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Senator Tammy Baldwin Talks About Living Lesbian Herstory | LGBTQ+ Elders Project

Published | Video Starts at 06:57

What do gay people think about this? Actually, it was kind of different when I was in the House of Representatives. One of the things that I really wanted to do was make myself available for conversations with colleagues of both parties to be able to get them to voting yes on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. to get them to a place where they could vote yes. For back then it was the Employment Non Discrimination act, now it's the Equality act and try to prevent … (06:57–07:17)

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Asserts that Tammy Baldwin worked to gain bipartisan support for the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

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