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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I thought the President had begun in a bipartisan way himself when early on he said he thought that we should--and here…

On the recordJuly 25, 2017
I thought the President had begun in a bipartisan way himself when early on he said he thought that we should--and here I'm quoting him, show great compassion about the opioid epidemic.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses the President's initial bipartisan approach to the opioid crisis.

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