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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
We're going to have to pass this bill in order to find out what's in it. Now, we're talking about one-sixth of the entire economy here, and our Speaker has the audacity to say that we need to pass this crazy 3,000-page bill just to find out what's in it?
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Mar 10, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes Speaker Pelosi's statement about passing a large bill to understand its contents.

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