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On the recordJune 6, 2017
I was very astounded to learn that there is a lot of hiring of relatives, et cetera, and I hope that that is another area that you are going to clean up.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono expresses concern about nepotism in hiring practices.

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