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On the recordMay 4, 2011
I think you are absolutely right. One of the examples that helped prompt me to work on this effort was the testimony that Senator Burr and I took at a hearing of a North Carolina housing advocate describing how two or three veterans were living basically behind a bicycle rack in Durham or one of the communities.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed shares a personal experience that motivated his work on veteran homelessness.

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