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Amy Klobuchar: “I got interested in this because, like so many other Senators, I saw what was happening in Minnesota--637 deaths from…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
I got interested in this because, like so many other Senators, I saw what was happening in Minnesota--637 deaths from opioids and other drug overdoses in 2016.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar shares her motivation for addressing the opioid crisis based on Minnesota's overdose statistics.

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