01/31/2012
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"Triumphant statements from opponents of health care reform at the suspension of CLASS do nothing for the grandmother in my district."
"I refuse to give up on CLASS, just as I refuse to give up on the health care reform."
"No one is immune from the frailty of old age. Anyone can fall ill or become disabled."
"Just as Social Security succeeded as a wage insurance, reducing elderly poverty from 50 percent to 10 percent, Americans should have an affordable way to finance long-term care."