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On the recordMay 16, 2013
The clock will not be turned back. ObamaCare is the law of the land. Those are not my words, but Speaker Boehner's. You say this vote is necessary so that freshman Members have a chance to get on record on a major issue. If they haven't gotten on record now, they're not going to get on record. If that is the standard for getting a vote on the floor, then let us have a vote on replacing the sequester which you have denied freshmen the chance to vote on all year. That is what we ought to be spending our time on, getting our country on a sound fiscal path, creating jobs and growing our economy. Instead, we tread water; we waste time as we continue to debate for the 37th time the repeal of health care for all Americans.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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