We gotta encourage, we gotta encourage our senators and congressmen when we talk to them. You gotta take an interest in public health. What takes place in public health is if you're not on it, There's nobody out there in Congress really pushing for more money for public health. I can assure you of that. And as a result of that, public health is getting shortchanged and we need people like the Cassidy's and John Thune to be advocating for more money for public health care at the state levels. (1:00:28–1:00:33)
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Asserts that Congress lacks advocates for increased public health funding.
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