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Pete Hoekstra: That's a scary thing, and that is exactly the type of process that people don't like. And they don't like the fact that…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
That's a scary thing, and that is exactly the type of process that people don't like. And they don't like the fact that when the President comes out and says during a campaign, when we get to the health care negotiations, it is going to be on C-SPAN so that we can see whether the gentleman is arguing for his voters, fighting for his constituents, or whether that person over there is fighting for the insurance companies or fighting for the unions or whatever. And it is kind of like, we get to there and you are watching C-SPAN at 11:30 at night, and someone walks up to the microphone and says, Hey, we have got a deal.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan
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govinfo.gov
Feb 3, 2010

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Hoekstra criticizes the lack of transparency in health care negotiations.

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