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Tammy Baldwin: “In both 2021 and the year 2022, over 1,400 Wisconsinites…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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WFRV: Senator Baldwin Calls on Senate to Pass Bipartisan Border Bill

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This bill by Democrats and Republicans three months ago also aims to fix parts of the immigration system. This measure is desperately needed. In both 2021 and the year 2022, over 1,400 Wisconsinites died of an opioid related overdose. (00:27–00:38)

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Asserts that over 1,400 people in Wisconsin died from opioid overdoses in both 2021 and 2022.

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