I do not look like I have been rolled, and I do not feel like I have been rolled; and we will get a patients protection bill out. But it will not do any good if my colleagues allow this standard to go through that OSHA is trying to put down on us.
Addressing concerns about OSHA standards during a discussion on patient protection legislation.
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