Yadira Caraveo: “The fact that it's a bipartisan bill really shows how…”

“I think that it's something that both at the state level and at the federal level we've been concentrating on for a few years. And I think that The fact that it's a bipartisan bill really shows how seriously lawmakers on both sides are taking the issue of the drug crisis. Caraveo co sponsored this bill with Republicans like Mike Collins and Ted Cruz, as well as Democrat Peter Welch. The bill instructs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to focus their research on the drug.” (01:33–01:42)

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