Raphael Warnock: “You've come to Congress and justified destroying the CDC by…”

“I assure you that families that are dealing with rabies or the prospects of that would want to know that somebody's going to answer the phone when they call. You've come to Congress and justified destroying the CDC by saying you want to just restore the CDC's mission to focusing on infectious diseases. Yet you're also gutting the very offices that keep American families safe from disturbing and deadly infectious diseases. Senator. Hold on, sir. Senator, there's one to three rabies cases a year in the United States.” (04:20–04:34)

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