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Ed Markey: I wish that the Republican leadership was having open hearings, public input so that this massive health care bill…

On the recordJune 12, 2017
I wish that the Republican leadership was having open hearings, public input so that this massive health care bill, which is being constructed clandestinely, could be seen not only by the American public but by every Member of the Senate before it is brought out to the Senate floor.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the lack of transparency in the healthcare bill process.

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