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| | Online NewsHour: @the Capitol -- Hilda Solis, New Members |
 | | Hilda Solis represents what might be called the other L.A. Crisscrossed by miles of concrete freeways, scarred with abandoned quarries and landfill sites, California's 31st Congressional District seems a world away from the glamour of Hollywood. |
 | | Solis, 43, comes to Washington as a traditional Democrat: supporting abortion rights and gun control, looking for ways the federal government can do more to help a district battered by high unemployment, a housing shortage, polluted water and smog. |
 | | So far, Solis says, she has learned the ropes quickly but is disappointed by the early victories of the Bush administration in rolling back environmental protection and workplace regulations designed to reduce injuries. |
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