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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
The healthcare reform law included a provision, which I authored, that authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand surveillance and track the epidemiology of CHD across the life-course, with an emphasis on adults.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses his role in enhancing surveillance for congenital heart disease.

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