“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“anti-Semitic incidents in the country are up 70%.”

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On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 14, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Future of the VA: Examining the Commission on Care Report and VA's Response.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee on oversight, agency action, federal rights and federal courts
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