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Mark Takano: “So by adjusting these criteria, you do have the authority to expand the Caregiver to pre-9/11 recipients?”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
So by adjusting these criteria, you do have the authority to expand the Caregiver to pre-9/11 recipients?
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Asking for clarification on the authority to expand the Caregiver Program.

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