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Virginia Foxx: I just want to point out to the gentlewoman from Maine that Republicans did a lot when they were in control, and what…

On the recordMarch 19, 2010
I just want to point out to the gentlewoman from Maine that Republicans did a lot when they were in control, and what got stopped was because of Democrats in the Senate. We passed health savings accounts which give people individual control, Medicare part D which Democrats voted against because there was the private sector involvement. And I guess we are going to get the same kind of results from the promises of this that we are getting from the stimulus bill. Her State is in such bad trouble because the President's stimulus plan, which was not going to allow unemployment to go above 8 percent, has failed so badly.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Mar 19, 2010

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The speaker addresses the impact of the President's stimulus plan and past Republican achievements.

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