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John Conyers: “May I say to my colleague that I am so flattered that he remembers the days when we started out with just a few Members.…”

On the recordMay 1, 2008
May I say to my colleague that I am so flattered that he remembers the days when we started out with just a few Members. We're up somewhere about 90 now and growing every week, every month. More and more people are joining us. And in addition, there are growing numbers of medical professionals, doctors, researchers, health care experts, who are all recognizing how important what you have said is in terms of how we move out of the situation that we're in. Your description of the pain and suffering of so many of our citizens because of the lack of health care leads to situations so horrible that they truly shock the conscious.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the growth of support for health care reform and its impact on citizens.

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