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Ron Wyden: “The shameful reality is, the United States does not come close to meeting that bar today.”

On the recordJune 14, 2021
The shameful reality is, the United States does not come close to meeting that bar today.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the current state of mental health care in the U.S.

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