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Eleanor Holmes Norton: This notion of a national emergency versus a public health emergency has emerged.

On the recordNovember 27, 2017
This notion of a national emergency versus a public health emergency has emerged.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the classification of the opioid crisis as a national emergency.

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