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Senate Budget Hearing with Tammy Baldwin and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Lead Poisoning and Head Start Funding

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

The city of Milwaukee requested assistance from the CDC to help the city respond to to lead poisoning cases tied to public schools. Six schools have been closed, displacing more than 1800 school children. The request for federal assistance was denied because of lack of staff. The entire childhood lead poisoning branch has been fired. In the words of a Milwaukee mom, it really sends a message of you don't matter. (01:58–02:04)

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