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Steve Beshear: After 40 failed attempts to repeal, undermine, or defund the Affordable Care Act, I think that we owe it to our…

On the recordAugust 26, 2013
After 40 failed attempts to repeal, undermine, or defund the Affordable Care Act, I think that we owe it to our constituents to acknowledge that this is the law.
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Steve Beshear
Kentucky

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Stressing the importance of recognizing the Affordable Care Act as law.

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