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Dick Durbin: “How can that be in the best interest of the health of America and in reducing the cost for these terrible things that…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
How can that be in the best interest of the health of America and in reducing the cost for these terrible things that we're facing, whether it's cancer or Alzheimer's?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions the impact of budget cuts on health and research funding.

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