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On the recordMarch 24, 2009
I am reminded of Frederick Douglass, who said he knew one thing if he didn't know anything else, and that is that in this world, we may not get everything that we pay for, but we most certainly will pay for everything that we get.
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Jack Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis emphasizes the inevitability of costs associated with services.

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