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John Sarbanes: “I am talking about a response that says this is a public health crisis and our agency... is going to have to really ramp…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
I am talking about a response that says this is a public health crisis and our agency... is going to have to really ramp up the kind of research--public health research--we do into this crisis of gun violence--an epidemic of gun violence across the country.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes emphasizes the need for public health research on gun violence as a crisis.

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