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Steve Scalise: “Are you going to believe the people who have broken every other promise they have made about the bill or are you going…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2010
Are you going to believe the people who have broken every other promise they have made about the bill or are you going to believe the Catholic bishops and National Right to Life who said this would be a career-defining pro-abortion vote? That was National Right to Life. Do you believe them or do you believe the folks who broke every other promise and are meeting behind closed doors right now, cutting more sweetheart deals that they don't want anybody to see? If their bill was so good, why are they trying to pass it without an actual vote? Because they know the American people are sick and tired of this proposal to have a government takeover of health care, and they don't want it. The public will be heard on this issue. We need to defeat this bill.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Mar 18, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is criticizing a health care bill and questioning its support from various groups.

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