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Elijah Lewis: 269 Members of this body are on record in their support of this bipartisan amendment. It is simply wrong to punish the…

On the recordJuly 19, 2007
269 Members of this body are on record in their support of this bipartisan amendment. It is simply wrong to punish the hospital before they have done anything wrong. So I urge all of my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Elijah Lewis
Democratic · Georgia

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Advocating for a bipartisan amendment regarding hospital accountability.

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