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Shelley Moore Capito: “I think one of my responses to that might be that this is not a new phenomenon, but a relatively later developing over…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
I think one of my responses to that might be that this is not a new phenomenon, but a relatively later developing over the course of, say, the last probably 5 or 6 years certainly where we've recognized what's really going on with better data, recognizing the cause of deaths and other things.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito discusses the opioid crisis and the need for better data and resources.

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