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On the recordNovember 17, 2014
Congress did the right thing by making those investments. They saved lives, they enhanced our preparedness, and the Congress should do the right thing now.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess reflects on past bipartisan funding decisions that improved public health preparedness.

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