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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “We have done the best we could for our veterans in speaking for this bill today. We remain open to assuring that the…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
We have done the best we could for our veterans in speaking for this bill today. We remain open to assuring that the veterans participate in the funds that are about to come from the transportation and infrastructure bill. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Nov 16, 2015

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