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Jeanne Shaheen: I think we have been very slow at the national level to respond in the way that this epidemic deserves.

On the recordApril 6, 2016
I think we have been very slow at the national level to respond in the way that this epidemic deserves.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen emphasizes the slow national response to the opioid epidemic.

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