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Jim McGovern: “If their lives can be saved because of the treatments that…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Israel is DENYING Medical Evacuations for Adolescent Cancer Patients in Gaza

Published | Video Starts at 04:15

But I know what parents and family members go through when their child or their brother or their sister are diagnosed with cancer. And If their lives can be saved because of the treatments that we have and we're not allowing them to have access, that to me is unconscionable. So that is what motivated me to try to lead this effort. Because I just, I can't believe that people are so cruel. (04:15–04:24)

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Asserts that denying access to life-saving treatments is unconscionable.

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