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John Hickenlooper: “They laid off all the people that were studying and…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Published | Video Starts at 58:49

Well, the reason the price of eggs is so high, and this is after the president told us from day one we'd bring the price of eggs down. But They laid off all the people that were studying and assessing the different strains of bird flu. and how is moving geographically and how we should be combating it. They're gone. I guess some of them are trying to hire back. (58:49–58:56)

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Asserts that layoffs included all personnel studying bird flu strains.

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