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Tammy Baldwin: “In the last year for which we have figures, over 1400…”

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

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One on One: Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

One of your most recent ads, you talk about your mother's struggle with addiction and how that sort of impacted the way you approach policy now. And I'd love to hear more about story and what you're looking to do now. In the last year for which we have figures, over 1400 Wisconsinites died of overdoses in 2022, over 1,400. And the vast majority of those were because of fentanyl. We have now some more powerful tools to sanction China and Mexico, but we have got to strengthen the security at our southern border. (00:59–01:11)

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Asserts that over 1,400 people in Wisconsin died from overdoses in 2022.

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