Barack Obama: “I may not be the first President to take up the cause of health care…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2009

I may not be the first President to take up the cause of health care reform, but I am determined to be the last.

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Remarks in Minneapolis

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Barack Obama: “I may not be the first President to take up the cause of health care reform, but I am determined to be the last.”