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On the recordMarch 7, 2017
We have to live up to that responsibility. I hope you will be able to convince those at OMB and the White House that is what trust responsibility actually means.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Emphasizing the importance of trust responsibility in health care funding.

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