I think it makes a lot of sense, with a 150,000-case backlog, to basically triage the kind of cases that you have and move things along.
Mazie Hirono: “I think it makes a lot of sense, with a 150,000-case backlog, to basically triage the kind of cases that you have and…”
On the recordJuly 18, 2017
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Hirono emphasizes the need to prioritize cases to manage the backlog effectively.
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