1.0Lambda Legalhttps://lambdalegal.orgmosaichttps://lambdalegal.org/author/mosaic/Testimony of Mercedes Santos and Theresa Volpe before the Illinois Senate Executive Committeerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GFJ17HNrJk"><a href="https://lambdalegal.org/legal_document/leg_il_20130102_testimony-santos-volpe-hb5170/">Testimony of Mercedes Santos and Theresa Volpe before the Illinois Senate Executive Committee</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lambdalegal.org/legal_document/leg_il_20130102_testimony-santos-volpe-hb5170/embed/#?secret=GFJ17HNrJk" width="600" height="338" title="“Testimony of Mercedes Santos and Theresa Volpe before the Illinois Senate Executive Committee” — Lambda Legal" data-secret="GFJ17HNrJk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Delivered by Theresa Volpe: Thank you for letting us speak with you today. I'd like to start by introducing my family, I'm Theresa Volpe and this is, Mercedes Santos. These are our children, Ava and Jaidon, and this is my mother, Barbara Volpe. Mercedes’s parents, Larry and Florence Santos are also here, along with several...