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Frank Pallone
@frankpallone· Democratic · NJ· Sep 13, 2016

It is clear that the GOP just wants to repeal the ACA and continue to point out problems with the health care system in general without proposing any alternatives.

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Howard Griffith
@howardgriffith· Republican · VA· Sep 13, 2016

All bills coming out of the Senate shall be treated under Senate rules.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

Eritrea is known as a country that it is claimed is the most censured country in the world, has been cited repeatedly for its abysmal human rights record.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

Well, whatever the numbers are, why are a lot of people fleeing?

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 13, 2016

See, we are the United States of America, and this is about trying to make sure we take care of our own.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 13, 2016

People are getting rich. They are charging these unreasonable prices.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 13, 2016

to me, that is a very, very sad thing because you have got a situation where literally people are left to get sicker and in many instances die early.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 13, 2016

Oh, believe me, I know. Martin Shkreli sat right in the seat that you are sitting in and thumbed his nose at us, called us imbeciles because we wanted to know why his company could raise the price of a pill from $13.50 to $750.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

I think it is time for change and I think most Eritreans believe that it is time for change and they deserve a peaceful transition.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

So I am still trying to understand the society so that is why I asked what is the ideology that is driving this.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

I can't tell you how many times I have talked to folks from Ethiopia and Eritrea locally who always stop and say why don't you do hearings--why don't you do hearings on what is happening in Eritrea.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

So does the government subsidize parts of life? I mean, how--because the way it is been described is--it is forced labor, it is slavery.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Sep 13, 2016

So when you said there is--they do have a strong ideology you didn't describe what the ideology was. Do you agree that it is Marxist ideology?

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 13, 2016

the Republicans in Congress again hold hearings like this, vote time and time again, more than 60 times to repeal the ACA, and have never proposed an alternative that is anything but going back to where we were before the ACA when…

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 13, 2016

the reason he did that was not because of any reason that made sense either economically or in terms of providing service for our citizens, but because he has an ideological opposition to Kynect and promised to do it during the campaign.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 13, 2016

So what he is doing is setting up for you to reject the proposal and then he is going to dismantle Medicaid expansion in Kentucky, take insurance away from 400,000 of our citizens, jeopardize many providers who are now being compensated…

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