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Judiciary panel advances Melissa Sotelo to full Senate after testimony on women’s health and inclusion
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary voted to advise and consent to Melissa Sotelo’s nomination to the Commission on the Status of Women after Sotelo described her nursing career, education and advocacy for women and LGBTQIA communities and answered questions about financial disclosures and sports policy.
Melissa Sotelo, the governor’s nominee to the Commission on the Status of Women, won the Senate Committee on Judiciary’s recommendation to advise and consent after delivering personal testimony about her background and answering members’ questions.
Sotelo, introduced in GM 689, told the committee she was raised in an immigrant family, left an abusive relationship while raising three children, went to nursing school with public assistance and later became a clinical nursing professor at the University…
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