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Bennie Thompson: “Some of us are concerned that between 18 and 12 is a vast shortage of opportunity for us to help children that we are…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
Some of us are concerned that between 18 and 12 is a vast shortage of opportunity for us to help children that we are talking about here today.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson expresses concern about the age limit for medical assessments of children.

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