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Kendrick Meek: “I do not want to start talking, but the first thing we instituted in Iraq was universal health care. So I do not want to…”

On the recordMay 11, 2004
I do not want to start talking, but the first thing we instituted in Iraq was universal health care. So I do not want to bounce back and forth, but the gentleman from Alabama is on the Committee on the Budget, and I am glad we have a diversity because I know the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Linda T. Sanchez) is on the Committee on the Judiciary and the gentleman from Ohio is on the Committee on Armed Services along with me, and I am on the Select Committee on Homeland Security; but really where the rubber meets the road is how we set our budget here, and then how we are setting up future generations and even this generation for failure. Can the gentleman from Alabama talk a little bit about that? Because I am so glad he is here and he is knowledgeable on the issue.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Discussing budget implications and health care in Iraq during a floor speech.

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