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Sherrod Brown: “But if they settle on the number 535 and it takes them 6 months to do it and the word begins to leak out that there is a…”

On the recordApril 25, 2011
But if they settle on the number 535 and it takes them 6 months to do it and the word begins to leak out that there is a problem and nobody really quite knows what is next, the affected population, most of whom were not damaged--I understand that--but was there not some sense of urgency by the VA around the country or in Washington to move on this a little quicker to reassure these potentially thousands of families?
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown questions the urgency of the VA's notification process regarding patient risks.

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