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Carolyn Maloney: In the short term, I urge my colleagues to approve the $600 million in emergency funding which the professionals are…

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
In the short term, I urge my colleagues to approve the $600 million in emergency funding which the professionals are asking for to combat this epidemic.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney emphasizes the need for Congress to allocate emergency funding for the opioid crisis.

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