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On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
Exclusively by Democrats. They have been the only ones behind closed doors with these negotiations. So don't for a moment suffer the delusion to think that what's going to happen this Thursday in a 6-hour time period--remember, the President on Saturday in his weekly radio address said that when we have these negotiations, he doesn't want to see any political theater. Oh, really? He also said that he wants to go through section by section a 2,700-page bill. In a 6-hour period, Mr. President, you're going to go through section by section a 2,700-page bill, which, by the way, none of us have seen yet? Mr. Gohmert, have you seen this bill? Mr. King, have you seen the bill?
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Michele Bachmann
Minnesota
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Bachmann criticizes the lack of transparency in the Democratic negotiations over a large bill.

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