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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
Fifty million people couldn't get health insurance. Health care costs were increasing so rapidly. We needed to do something.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone emphasizes the need for health care reform due to rising costs and uninsured individuals.

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