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Charles Boustany: “They are not proposing anything to deal with rising health care costs. And that is just going to shift the burden more…”

On the recordMay 4, 2011
They are not proposing anything to deal with rising health care costs. And that is just going to shift the burden more and more on working-class families throughout the Nation.
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Charles Boustany
Republican · Louisiana

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Boustany criticizes Republican proposals for shifting healthcare costs onto families without addressing the root issue.

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I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), who is the chairman of the Physicians Caucus.

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