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Tammy Baldwin: “Passing the Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Hate Crimes…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Pride Month Webinar with Senator Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 09:20

I was in the House of Representatives when we saw some of our first major civil rights legislation advance or getting rid of archaic things that we wanted to get rid of that were discriminatory in nature. So Passing the Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Hate Crimes Protection act happened when I was in the House of Representatives. seeing the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell happened a few years later when I was in the House of Representatives. (09:20–09:28)

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Asserts that the Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Hate Crimes Protection Act was passed during her tenure in the House.

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