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Rep. Hultgren on ACA, Common Core & More

WTTW News | April 17, 2014, 11:00 am

Rep. Randy Hultgren joins us to discuss the Affordable Care Act, election year politics, Common Core education standards, and what he’s doing to try and combat rising heroin abuse in Illinois.

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