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Jim McDermott: “I think that if you put two or three or four reasonable people around the table reading the cases, even these…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
I think that if you put two or three or four reasonable people around the table reading the cases, even these one-paragraph synopses that are given to us, in almost every case, we would say, this person is eligible for disability benefits.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott advocates for a more reasonable review process for disability benefits.

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