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Kathy Castor: In the end, it was political disagreements, not policy concerns, that kept us from the finish line.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
In the end, it was political disagreements, not policy concerns, that kept us from the finish line.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Castor highlights that political issues hindered progress on Medicare reforms.

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