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On the recordJune 19, 2019
We've got 70,000 people that died of opioid addictions last year.
Said by
Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Johnson emphasizes the opioid crisis as a pressing issue that is being neglected.

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