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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
It's hitting sons and daughters and mothers, fathers, friends, coworkers. It is impacting our veterans, our servicemembers.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the personal toll of the opioid epidemic on families and veterans.

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