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On the recordJanuary 22, 2015
One of the things that people seem to forget here is that ObamaCare both authorizes and appropriates the money so that it is outside the purview of the HHS appropriations bill. That is why this legislation is needed. The President promised he would apply the Hyde amendment, but he has not.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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