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On the recordJuly 26, 2023
If we don't act quickly, I mean, every day that we wait to get better services, it is heartbreaking, somebody dies, right, somebody is ill.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the urgency of improving healthcare services for tribal communities.

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