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On the recordMarch 5, 2012
The Democratic leader of the House, when she was the speaker, sort of famously now prophesied that we had to pass the bill in order to see what was in it.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam references Nancy Pelosi's famous quote about passing the health care bill.

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