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Debbie Dingell: “While Americans are continuing to get sick, the Trump…”

Featuring: Debbie Dingell, Democratic | U.S. House, Michigan, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 01:38

And you're hiring, you're hiring people that are vaccine skeptic health appointees. And they are spreading, quite frankly, lies about vaccine safety. And now polio is coming back. That's why I'm worried. While Americans are continuing to get sick, the Trump administration is cutting staff and funding for public health efforts at critical agencies. And not only are we seeing measles and polio come back, the case at NIH is also doing long term damage to the future of health research in America. (01:38–01:48)

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Asserts that the Trump administration is reducing staff and funding for public health efforts.

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