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Mazie Hirono: Why can't he use it to help 800,000 people who are working women, many of them, without paychecks?

On the recordJanuary 16, 2019
Why can't he use it to help 800,000 people who are working women, many of them, without paychecks?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono questions McConnell's inaction during the shutdown affecting federal workers.

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