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Jim Risch: “We should have substantially more work on it than doing it in the middle of the night like happened with Obamacare or we…”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
We should have substantially more work on it than doing it in the middle of the night like happened with Obamacare or we are going to wind up with the same mess.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch criticizes the rushed process of passing Obamacare.

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