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On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
Once again, I thank the sponsors of this bill and Congressman Long for his participation. It means so much to me. I thank him for his help and his friendship. I want to say that the story of Margrett and her daughter--her daughter has had countless surgeries as a consequence. She is one of the people who survived, but her life has been transformed forever, and we can prevent this with this legislation. I want to give a special shout-out to the committee staff and the subcommittee staff on the Democratic side, as well as on the Republican side. I want to thank sincerely my staff in my office for all of their help on this bill. This is another one of those that will definitely be improving and saving the lives of so many Americans and ridding our country of this danger. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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