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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I see nothing in your record that would give a mom taking her child to the hospital for an asthma attack any comfort…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
I see nothing in your record that would give a mom taking her child to the hospital for an asthma attack any comfort that you would take the slightest interest in her.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse questions Pruitt's commitment to public health and air quality issues.

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