02/10/2009
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"You have always been indispensable to the city and you have certainly shown that this year."
"Thank you very much, Senator Akaka."
"I just hope in the process the State will consult with the hospitals because they may be one of the victims in all of the play back and forth."
"I was astounded by the number, almost 60 million Americans, nonelderly now, have what are called preexisting conditions."