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3 unusual facts about Barbara Lee


Criminal transmission of HIV in the United States

REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act is the abbreviated name of the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act (H.R. 3053), also called the REPEAL Act, proposed legislation that was introduced in the U.S. Congress on September 23, 2011, by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA).

Enrique Bermúdez

In 2002 and 2004, his daughter, Claudia Bermúdez, now a resident of the San Francisco area, ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Democrat Barbara Lee for California's 9th congressional district seat.

Sexual abstinence

The Responsible Education About Life Act was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) to support age-appropriate sexual education.


California Social Work Hall of Distinction

Through 2013, there have been 82 honorees inducted into the California Social Work Hall of Distinction, including Dana W. Bartlett, Emory Bogardus, Barbara Lee, Biddy Mason, Virginia Satir, Judith Wallerstein, and Mariko Yamada.


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Barbara Payton

Payton was born Barbara Lee Redfield in Cloquet, Minnesota, the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Erwin Lee ("Flip") Redfield and Mabel Irene Todahl.