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On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
I had a mother who has three children, and all of them use EpiPen. She has to have one set at home, and she has one at the school. And she stood there in tears, because she's only making maybe $50,000 a year or less, and she's trying to figure out how she's going to afford this.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings highlights the financial struggles of a mother needing EpiPens for her children.

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