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Chellie Pingree: I'm not complaining about being here on a Friday afternoon. In fact, my constituents would say to me if I went back…

On the recordMarch 19, 2010
I'm not complaining about being here on a Friday afternoon. In fact, my constituents would say to me if I went back home, why don't you get down to Washington and finish the job? Why don't you get down there and handle this difficult issue, go through all the difficult procedural issues, do what you have to do to pass this bill? And by Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening, I want to see you casting a vote to reform the health care system to change the way our insurance companies do business, to help out struggling State budgets, and to make sure that people in this country once and for all have coverage for health care and we move forward in our system.
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Chellie Pingree
Democratic · Maine
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Mar 19, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is urging action on health care reform legislation.

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