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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
If the gentleman will yield, I want to commend him for clearing up something that perhaps in more reasonable circumstances should not need to be cleared up. I still have confidence in the courts that they can read the simple understanding that when we say ``health insurance,'' we don't mean life insurance. I mean, this is getting pretty fundamental here. But, of course, you are correct, Mr. Pomeroy. It's health insurance only; no disability income insurance, no long-term care insurance, no property insurance. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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