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Jackie Speier: If we want to fix the backlog, we have got to pay for it.

On the recordMay 19, 2014
If we want to fix the backlog, we have got to pay for it.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Speier emphasizes the need for funding to address the backlog of claims.

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