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On the recordMay 16, 2022
I urge my colleagues to support S. 1760, to designate the soon-to-be-constructed VA community-based outpatient clinic in Oahu, Hawaii, after our friend and former colleague, Daniel Kahikina Akaka. In doing so, this body will appropriately commemorate the significant achievements of America's first Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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David Trone
Democratic · Maryland

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