“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“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.”

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On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
Thank you for giving us a fuller context in which the VA is undertaking these kinds of proceedings.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Editor's note · Context

Acknowledgment of the context regarding VA proceedings.

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