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Barbara Mikulski: “If I could respond to the Senator from Illinois, yes, I am staying in Maryland because I had hoped we would even be…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
If I could respond to the Senator from Illinois, yes, I am staying in Maryland because I had hoped we would even be working on conference reports and so on. But while the Senator is in Illinois and I am in Maryland, most of all, we do not want our veterans standing in line for their health care or their disability benefits. So shoulder to shoulder, forward together.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland
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Jul 29, 2014

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