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Joe Manchin: The family members were trying. They wear out and they give up, and they say I can't do it any longer.

On the recordFebruary 12, 2012
The family members were trying. They wear out and they give up, and they say I can't do it any longer.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin discusses the exhaustion of family caregivers and its consequences.

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