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Joe Manchin: “This was all preventable. Senator Capito was a co-sponsor with me on this. It should have never happened.”

On the recordMay 9, 2018
This was all preventable. Senator Capito was a co-sponsor with me on this. It should have never happened.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin emphasizes the preventability of a tragedy related to Jessie's Law.

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