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On the recordOctober 7, 2009
Why would we rather wait to see if I pass legislation versus initiate the authority of the Secretary to create through that general authority the coverage for individuals that we fear might have a condition which is the result of having served at Camp Lejeune during a period that the groundwater was contaminated to a degree yet to be determined?
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Burr questions the delay in providing care for affected veterans.

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