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Janice Schakowsky: “We need to be making last steps now. We need to be getting at the heart of the problem.”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2018
We need to be making last steps now. We need to be getting at the heart of the problem.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky emphasizes urgency in addressing nursing home quality standards.

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