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Thom Tillis: “Anyone in this body who tells you that there is a movement afoot to privatize the VA has either been mislead or they are…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
Anyone in this body who tells you that there is a movement afoot to privatize the VA has either been mislead or they are trying to mislead you, and I am not going to be a part of that, nor am I going to stand for it.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Tillis defends against claims of VA privatization efforts.

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