As a society, it is wrong for us to expect people with devastating diseases to fund the search for their treatments.
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Franken emphasizes the need for federal commitment to support treatment development.
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What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.
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