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Barbara Mikulski: “Under Senator Leahy's leadership--he'll be too modest to tell you--we actually--he actually helped fund, creating a…”

On the recordApril 11, 2011
Under Senator Leahy's leadership--he'll be too modest to tell you--we actually--he actually helped fund, creating a factory where they made low-cost limbs to put people literally back on their feet again.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski praises Leahy's initiative to fund a factory for low-cost prosthetics.

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