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W. Todd Akin: “There was no chance for input or anything else. My good friend, Congressman Luetkemeyer, you recently have been elected…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
There was no chance for input or anything else. My good friend, Congressman Luetkemeyer, you recently have been elected to Congress. You come from an out-State part of Missouri with a lot of pretty conservative, but Democrats, in your district. Now, what would they have thought if you had voted, first of all, for cutting Medicare? Next, you've got a brilliant idea for a tax on wheelchairs, on medical devices and on something which is going to increase the average person's cost to health care and which is going to force the person to go to the Federal Government ultimately to get health care. What would they have thought of you if you had voted for this thing?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Apr 28, 2010

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The speaker criticizes proposed healthcare cuts and taxes affecting constituents.

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