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Jon Tester: “When I am told that 70 to 80 percent of the kids that are born on that reservation...are born drug-addicted--holy…”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
When I am told that 70 to 80 percent of the kids that are born on that reservation...are born drug-addicted--holy mackerel.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Senator Tester reacts to alarming statistics about drug addiction among tribal youth.

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