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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

Yes, look, even in CNN's latest poll, a majority of Americans, over 50 percent, at 51 in CNN's poll -- and the average is about a 10 percent gap -- want the individual mandate repealed, want Obamacare in its entirety repealed.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

He wants to institute free market policies on health care. He wants to take the government out between the patient and their doctors, and he wants to make sure that people have more freedom and choice in their health care and that's what…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

But the important thing to note is that Governor Romney says, like it or not, the Supreme Court has ruled, it's the law of the land, it is a tax.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

Actually the chief justice in his opinion made it very clear that at the state level, states have the power to put in place mandates.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

But in the court of public opinion, that will be decided in November as to overturning this law.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

What Governor Romney wants to do is he wants to completely do away with this. He wants to institute free market policies on health care.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

Yes, look, even in the CNN's latest poll, a majority of Americans, over 50 percent, at 51 percent in CNN's poll, want the individual mandate repealed.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

It does, particularly when you're on the committees that are charged with maybe tightening up the rules and regulations, because we were dealing with all these bad loans and whatnot.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

It would be as if I went to interview the head of Countrywide and I spent the first 30 minutes of the interview or before the cameras are rolling complaining about my personal mortgage to the guy and then get directed to some program. I…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 1, 2012

What the court did not do on its last day in session, I will do on my first day if elected president of the United States, and that is, I will act to repeal Obamacare.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

When the OSHA came to the door 20 years ago, that was not a good day.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

VPP will not work if it is the sole responsibility of a safety director, a safety cop if you will, looking over an employee's shoulder.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

As you might imagine, I disagree with the Supreme Court's decision. And I agree with the dissent. What the court did not do on its last day in session I will do on my first day if elected president of the United States. And that is, I will…

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

Perhaps I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I am also a doer and so are thousands of VPP workers.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

Sir, I would like you to give us, for the record, some specifics as to what these archeological areas are...

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