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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
So if you want to know why the telephones have been ringing off the hook, and there are a whole lot of people who don't like this bill, here is a whole block of people. Anybody who might get cancer, this is a pretty good reason not to like it. Is that correct, Doctor?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker is discussing public opposition to a bill related to health care.

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