Statements

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    Statement by CIR Executive Committee: Refugees Are Patients, Not Scapegoats

    Both around the world and here at home, the American values that inspire our hearts are freedom, justice, tolerance, opportunity, and the promise of a New World — that if one worked hard, played by the rules, and cherished our common ideals, anyone could make a fresh start here. Throughout our history, this American promise […] Read more

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    Physicians Implore Congress: #EndTheBan on Gun Violence Research!

      For twenty years the National Rifle Association (NRA) has campaigned against federal scientific research of gun violence by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CIR leaders joined Doctors For America and a community of concerned physicians and congressional representatives at a press conference on December 2 and […] Read more

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    CIR/SEIU Healthcare Says Black Lives Matter

    The following statement was issued by the CIR Executive Committee on December 8, 2014 The Committee of Interns and Residents, the nation’s oldest and largest union of resident physicians, stands united with our brothers and sisters in SEIU and people of good conscience everywhere to ensure that the criminal justice system holds all people equal […] Read more

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