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On the recordOctober 29, 2013
I was one of those who thought it was a good idea as a part of a proposal that was floating around the halls here in Congress that the President and the cabinet secretaries ought to also be in the marketplace and not have a special Federal plan that you will have after January 1, but that we will not.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman suggests that Congress members should also participate in the same health plans as the public.

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