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Rae Oliver Davis: Ultimately, we have to go out and face this. And when we pass this health care bill, you are free to campaign against a…

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Ultimately, we have to go out and face this. And when we pass this health care bill, you are free to campaign against a bill that gives health coverage to 30 million Americans and that closes the doughnut hole. If you want, you can go home and argue with the seniors and say, I didn't want a bill that closed the doughnut hole. That was a stupid bill. I voted against it. What you are free to do after this bill passes is to go home and argue against the things that are in the bill. The people back home have no understanding what 'deeming' is. It's inside baseball in this place. You wait, when you go and try, on the campaign trail, to sell the idea that you were against doing anything for 30 million people.
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Rae Oliver Davis
Independent · Kentucky
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Mar 17, 2010

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The speaker addresses the implications of the health care bill and the concept of 'deeming' in the legislative process.

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