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Willie Hefner: We are talking about past history, and you folks were elected saying, ``We're going to change things around here.'' But…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
We are talking about past history, and you folks were elected saying, ``We're going to change things around here.'' But this is not changing things for the better. This is human misery. VA hospitals in North Carolina. These people are in dire circumstances.
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

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Addressing the state of VA hospitals in North Carolina and the impact on veterans.

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