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On the recordMarch 3, 2010
But the problem is, it's one thing with lip service to say that you like the doctor-patient relationship. It's another thing to try to substitute a bureaucrat in between that relationship. And that's what we've been objecting to all the way along.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker is addressing concerns about government interference in the doctor-patient relationship.

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