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Tammy Baldwin: Diseases like Ebola spread quickly – they don’t stop at the borders of a country or care if you are ready for it.…

On the recordJune 12, 2026
Diseases like Ebola spread quickly – they don’t stop at the borders of a country or care if you are ready for it. Unfortunately, this Administration has taken a hacksaw to our public health system and efforts to stop disease from spreading across the world, leaving American families even more vulnerable to this Ebola outbreak.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Senator Baldwin discusses the impact of public health cuts.

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