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On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
We have not reauthorized the Community Health Center Program. We have got 30,000 vacancies at the Veterans Administration.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders emphasizes the need for funding community health centers and the VA.

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