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On the recordJune 7, 2021
For St. Louis, this hearing could not be more urgent. This is a crisis that has touched so many in my district, but its devastation has disproportionately been borne by black families.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

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Bush emphasizes the urgent opioid crisis affecting her district, especially among black families.

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