Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I think we share the goal of enabling all these survivors to live, as you put it, sustainable lives."

"It took an act of Congress for that to happen. So, it looks as though we are going to need to have an act of Congress again."

"These are some of the thousands of Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans who have applied for VA health benefits, but were denied because they happened to serve our country at sea rather than on land."

"I think we should go ahead with covering this. And, I am pretty much in line with our former Chair in saying that, you know, we should provide the health care that they need."