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Ed Markey: “What Senator Boxer's amendment does is to say that these disease clusters must be more quickly identified and…”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
What Senator Boxer's amendment does is to say that these disease clusters must be more quickly identified and investigated so that they are dealt with.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey supports Boxer's amendment for quicker identification of disease clusters.

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