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Patty Murray: “I expect you to stand up and remind the President, when he makes these broad, wide-range executive actions, that…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
I expect you to stand up and remind the President, when he makes these broad, wide-range executive actions, that veterans have to be thought about in that process.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray urges Shulkin to advocate for veterans' rights during the President's actions on voter fraud.

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