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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 12, 2012
To suggest that there might be a compromise that delays further by a year before we start, or 6 months, or due in part and not in full is, frankly, unacceptable and is a disgrace.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina
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Burr criticizes any delay in addressing veterans' benefits.

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