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Dick Durbin: “If every medical organization--doctors, nurses, specialists--has come down in favor of this bipartisan approach, who is…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1999
If every medical organization--doctors, nurses, specialists--has come down in favor of this bipartisan approach, who is on the other side of this? What is the force that is stopping us from passing this legislation?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing bipartisan support for healthcare legislation.

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