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Richard Blumenthal: “My view is that the potential raid on this money and the effort to use it as a kind of slush fund to pay for cost…”

On the recordMay 11, 2015
My view is that the potential raid on this money and the effort to use it as a kind of slush fund to pay for cost overruns... is a real threat to veterans health care.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal warns against misusing funds meant for veterans' health care.

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