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On the recordMarch 5, 2018
We introduced the bill again this year. It is a $5,000,000,000 fund patterned after what we do in disaster relief.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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DeLauro explains a public health emergency fund for quicker response.

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