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On the recordMarch 3, 1994
I applaud their attention to the importance of the subject of health care. The problems that Americans face with respect to the cost of health care are neither Republican problems nor Democratic problems. They are problems that face every family, regardless of politics or political philosophy or persuasion. I believe it will take a genuine bipartisan effort, with our allegiance being first and foremost to the national interest, for us to resolve this matter and to reach agreement on what I hope will be a meaningful and bipartisan and comprehensive reform of our Nation's system of health care.
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George Mitchell
Maine
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Discussing the need for bipartisan efforts in health care reform.

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