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Bob Schaffer: Government should take a page from the Hippocratic Oath: 'First, do no harm.'

On the recordFebruary 10, 1999
Government should take a page from the Hippocratic Oath: 'First, do no harm.'
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Bob Schaffer
Source
congress.gov
Feb 10, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Call for government policies that support rather than harm families.

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