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On the recordJuly 23, 2015
I ask that my colleagues join in this collaboration because I know how deeply you and I feel, how we share that common goal, not just in our committee. I ask that we work to incorporate the measure I have introduced today, S. 1856, with the cosponsorship Senators Murray, Sanders, Brown, Tester, and Hirono, my colleagues on the Veterans' Affairs Committee, the Department of Veterans Affairs Equitable Employee Accountability Act. This measure is introduced today, and it will help us improve and enhance S. 1082 and the supremely important objectives that motivate it. I thank my colleagues for our work together, and I look forward to pursuing it. I thank the Presiding Officer, and I yield the floor. ______
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut
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Jul 23, 2015

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