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On the recordDecember 7, 2015
I wish we didn't have to be here today. I wish we didn't have a persistent and growing drug epidemic in this country--one that is ravaging our communities and killing our young people.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Mikulski expresses concern over the drug epidemic affecting communities.

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