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On the recordMarch 11, 2003
I will tell you, though, it troubles me that we end this debate on a day when we had a chance to offer across America health insurance to pregnant mothers who have no health insurance, so that they could have the best chance to give birth to a healthy baby, that we had that chance earlier in Senator Patty Murray's and Senator Harry Reid's amendment--a chance to offer them health insurance.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing health insurance for pregnant mothers during a Senate debate.

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