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On the recordApril 14, 2011
My Republican colleagues have done everything they can to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, which had insurance reform in it. Without the insurance reform, which clearly they want to do away with, you are throwing senior citizens to the sharks, to health insurance. I urge us not to do that.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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