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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “I can only hope that the next time we meet, which will be the day before we cast that children's health insurance vote…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2007
I can only hope that the next time we meet, which will be the day before we cast that children's health insurance vote, to decide who is for kids and who is not, to override the President's veto, that we will be able to report that we have picked up those 15 Republicans who have found their way and would be willing to do right by our Nation's kids.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the upcoming children's health insurance vote and the need for bipartisan support.

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