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On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
Tom Carper of Delaware... pressed the president behind closed doors to bend on that and specifically, to hold off on that so-called public option for several years.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Tom Carper expresses his concerns to President Obama about the public option in health care reform.

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