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On the recordDecember 23, 2009
If passed, this will be the most important piece of social legislation since the Social Security Act in the 1930s and the most important reform of our health care system since Medicare passed in the 1960s.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Senate Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation and an Exchange With Reporters

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