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Barbara Mikulski: We're worried that Congress has been forced into some tax provisions that they wouldn't otherwise have had to be forced…

On the recordOctober 14, 2009
We're worried that Congress has been forced into some tax provisions that they wouldn't otherwise have had to be forced into because of the lack of system-wide cost containment.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski highlights concerns over tax provisions due to lack of cost containment in health reform.

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