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Tammy Baldwin: “I still continue to be perplexed that your budget claims to fight the opioid epidemic while simultaneously proposing…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
I still continue to be perplexed that your budget claims to fight the opioid epidemic while simultaneously proposing really drastic cuts to critical behavioral programs.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Baldwin critiques budget cuts affecting opioid prevention programs.

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