“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
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On the recordMay 14, 2014
I would envision that any kind of an assessment of the entire VA health care system would involve not just this process that Secretary Shinseki has described to us.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono discusses the need for a comprehensive assessment of the VA health care system.

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