Barack Obama: “I will not sign a health care bill that is not deficit neutral, that…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2009

I will not sign a health care bill that is not deficit neutral, that is not paid for.

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Raleigh

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