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Frederica Wilson: So we support the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act along with over 30 other organizations because we think that when babies…

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
So we support the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act along with over 30 other organizations because we think that when babies are born, due to no fault of their own or their families, with these kind of birth defects, they deserve and need the treatment, often these dental surgeries to make sure that not only can they really thrive as kids, but they can actually function as normal human beings, because some of these kinds of birth defects affect their ability to breathe, their ability to eat.
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Frederica Wilson
Democratic · Florida

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Wilson advocates for the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act to support children with birth defects needing surgeries.

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