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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
As a doctor, as a legislator facing this incredible opioid crisis, watching families separated, watching children and young adults die, do you and other experts believe that the construction of additional barriers and walls will help combat the opioid flow into our country?
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John Joyce
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Joyce asks if barriers will help reduce opioid smuggling.

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