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On the recordApril 24, 2012
$5.9 billion, that is the increase that VA got. And out of that, do you think we could hire some more people to address these very real concerns?
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown questions the use of increased VA funding for hiring more staff.

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