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Janice Schakowsky: “I have to disagree with you, Dr. Redfield. I think nowhere has the Trump administration's lack of leadership been more…”

On the recordJune 22, 2020
I have to disagree with you, Dr. Redfield. I think nowhere has the Trump administration's lack of leadership been more apparent than in our nation's nursing homes and long-term care facilities where we have lost 50,000 residents and workers to COVID-19.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Criticism of the Trump administration's handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

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