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John Rice Carter: “We did discuss this last week, and this plan was good hearted. It was designed to help children. But some of our States…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2007
We did discuss this last week, and this plan was good hearted. It was designed to help children. But some of our States said, wait a minute, here is our chance, this is free health care from the Federal Government for our State. Let's just include children and their parents, and maybe their brothers and sisters.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a health care plan for children during a House floor debate.

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