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Ed Markey: You can't put a dollar value on a life. And I think consistent funding, if it saves lives, is money well spent.

On the recordNovember 15, 2017
You can't put a dollar value on a life. And I think consistent funding, if it saves lives, is money well spent.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the importance of funding for life-saving measures.

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