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Tim Kaine: “If, in fact, we create programs that prevent people having access, then basically we get back to my earlier assumption…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2018
If, in fact, we create programs that prevent people having access, then basically we get back to my earlier assumption of the presumption of dysfunction and senior citizens will bear the burden of that.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Kaine warns that access issues could harm senior citizens.

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