03/22/1998
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"This whole health care issue is very personal to me and to our family."
"It is an important step, taken in a bipartisan manner, to increase awareness of the need for pension and individual savings."
"Will not impair any essential Government functions, and will not harm the national interest."
"Every American also has an enhanced obligation to take an active role in his or her own health care."