On the recordAugust 10, 2009
If we don't have health care reform, the gap between what Congress gets and what ordinary Americans get will continue to be as wide as it is right now.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “If we don't have health care reform, the gap between what Congress gets and what ordinary Americans get will continue to…”
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President Obama highlights the disparity in health care access between Congress and the general public.
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