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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
So we go ahead and we'll prescribe the pill, but we're not going to help you kind of manipulate and move that body and help that body recover.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski criticizes the over-reliance on medication over physical therapies for veterans.

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