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John Tierney: Madam Secretary, thank you for the difficult job that you have of enforcing and implementing a law that basically was…

On the recordJune 3, 2013
Madam Secretary, thank you for the difficult job that you have of enforcing and implementing a law that basically was passed democratically but is facing an unrelenting effort to delegitimize that law day in and day out, so I appreciate how difficult it must be.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Acknowledges the challenges Secretary Sebelius faces in implementing the Affordable Care Act amid opposition.

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