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On the recordOctober 24, 2017
we have been talking today about 21st Century Cures and the billion dollars that Fred Upton and I were pleased to put into that bill for State funding to develop opioid prevention programs.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette highlights funding for opioid prevention in the 21st Century Cures bill.

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