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Tom Carper: “It is not enough just to deal with the symptoms of the problems, and we will be talking a lot about that today--but also…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
It is not enough just to deal with the symptoms of the problems, and we will be talking a lot about that today--but also the root cause of these problems.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper stresses the importance of addressing both symptoms and root causes of drug issues.

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