To ensure patients' safety I want a regulator with the power to close, clean and then re-open wards if necessary.

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"I have said all along that we can ensure our safety and promote commerce at the same time, " said Sen.

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The Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Health and Human Services are all working on ways to empower tribal governments to ensure greater safety in their own communities, and I want to particularly commend Attorney General Eric Holder for his efforts on this so far.

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