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Debbie Dingell: “I want my colleagues to take a careful look at the remarks just made and the poster just presented. Every one of those…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2007
I want my colleagues to take a careful look at the remarks just made and the poster just presented. Every one of those statements is false. There is no treatment in this for illegals. There is no treatment in this for their parents. This is not socialized medicine. It is supported by the health care industry. It is also supported by the insurance industry. It has no relationship to and it doesn't even look like the Hillarycare thing about which the gentleman complains. I would note something else. This is a proposal which is a block grant to the States. It is not an entitlement.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Responding to comments about a healthcare proposal during a House floor debate.

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