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Mike Quigley: Lives are on the line. This is not parks, roads, bridges, or other areas which we take up at the Federal level.

On the recordApril 4, 2017
Lives are on the line. This is not parks, roads, bridges, or other areas which we take up at the Federal level.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

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Quigley stresses the urgency of addressing the opioid crisis over other federal projects.

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