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On the recordMay 5, 2014
I think it is so unfair that just because you will sacrifice everything for our Nation and serve for our Nation that your kid, your child, who needs these important therapies to learn, to grow, and to develop are denied it because we do not want to make them a priority.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand emphasizes the unfairness of military families lacking access to necessary therapies for their children.

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