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On the recordJuly 31, 2017
Last year, more than 2,000 people died in Massachusetts alone. This is powerfully important to me, and to the people I represent.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren emphasizes the opioid crisis's impact on Massachusetts and her constituents.

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