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Virginia Foxx: I had a town hall meeting in my district on Monday. The people in my district are commonsense people. And they are…

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I had a town hall meeting in my district on Monday. The people in my district are commonsense people. And they are saying, we just want commonsense solutions. They want the truth. They want the simple truth about what this bill is going to do and what needs to be done. I find it just unbelievable that these folks who are in charge here, the Democrats who are in charge, have such a low opinion of the American people. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the public isn't going to be worried about how Congress passed a bill, but rather what's in the bill, and won't differentiate between the procedural paths. This is his quote: ``Do you think any American is going to make a distinction,'' he asked? ``I don't think any American, real American out there, is going to make a distinction between the two.'' Well, the people I was dealing with on Monday are real Americans. I can tell him that.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Mar 17, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about the health care bill and the perception of American voters.

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