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Susan Collins: “We held a hearing in the Aging Committee, Senator Casey and I, and a clear message from that hearing was the need for…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2017
We held a hearing in the Aging Committee, Senator Casey and I, and a clear message from that hearing was the need for kinship parents to have greater access to information about the resources that are available to assist them.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins emphasizes the importance of supporting kinship families affected by the opioid crisis.

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