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Jim Risch: “I am assuming you would agree with me that that is critical, the amount of insurance that they have, when people are…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2012
I am assuming you would agree with me that that is critical, the amount of insurance that they have, when people are looking to the Federal Government to step in and fill a gap.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of insurance for federal assistance.

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