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Lucille Roybal-Allard: “Due to sequestration and other budget cuts at the Federal, State, and the local level, health departments have lost tens…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
Due to sequestration and other budget cuts at the Federal, State, and the local level, health departments have lost tens of thousands of public health jobs.
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
California

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Roybal-Allard highlights job losses in public health due to budget cuts.

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