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Diana DeGette: “I hope that is what we will do in the next year, but frankly, I don't hold out a lot of hope.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2015
I hope that is what we will do in the next year, but frankly, I don't hold out a lot of hope.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette expresses skepticism about bipartisan efforts to improve the ACA.

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