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Michael Burgess: “Now, the fact of the matter is that we lose more people in this country to the drug overdoses than we do to automobile…”

On the recordJune 13, 2013
Now, the fact of the matter is that we lose more people in this country to the drug overdoses than we do to automobile accidents.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights the severity of drug overdoses compared to automobile accidents.

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