Raphael Warnock: “There are more than 600,000 hunters in my state [Georgia].”

“I would say it's people who eat meat from CAFOs. So. So hunters. Hunters, Prion. And public health office is critical in a state like Georgia. In Georgia, we have a lot of hunters. There are more than 600,000 hunters in my state [Georgia]. But your budget proposes to eliminate this office. Respectfully, you seem distracted, Brother Secretary. Why does your budget propose to eliminate the CDC office that focuses on monitoring this deadly infectious disease that's especially a risk to rural communities.” (03:25–03:30)

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