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Kirsten Gillibrand: “I think it is important, in this hearing, that we directly address the pay-for in H.R. 299 that will offset the nearly…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2018
I think it is important, in this hearing, that we directly address the pay-for in H.R. 299 that will offset the nearly $1 billion cost of caring for our Blue Water Navy veterans.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand stresses the importance of addressing funding for veterans' care.

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