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Jerry Moran: “The consequences of our failure to do so are more expensive in the loss of life and the economic damage to our economy…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
The consequences of our failure to do so are more expensive in the loss of life and the economic damage to our economy and our people.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran emphasizes the high cost of failing to protect against disease outbreaks.

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