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On the recordSeptember 17, 2025
I would like to ask, through the Chair, a basic question of my friend from Vermont. You have been involved in politics a few years. So have I. I am trying to understand if I were a Republican Senator who voted for this kind of premium increase for people in my State, more than a handful--a lot of people in my State--how I would explain it. Do you know?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the rationale behind premium increases during a discussion on healthcare policy.

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