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On the recordMay 4, 2023
Congress should avoid the false narrative that insufficient Federal findings were to blame for our pathetic COVID response.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Editor's note · Context

Critique of the narrative blaming federal funding for COVID response failures.

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