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On the recordJune 14, 2017
As you know, there is a 13-person group of men, not the HELP Committee, not the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, not the leadership, just 13 men literally meeting in secret talking about what to do with around one-sixth of the economy.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Schatz criticizes the all-male group discussing healthcare reform in secrecy.

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