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On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I yield myself 15 seconds. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to mention the gentleman from Texas was decrying the HHS study about preexisting conditions. These are very serious preexisting conditions: heart disease, cancer, asthma, arthritis, high blood pressure. They are people that have had their policies canceled or they couldn't get insurance because of these preexisting conditions. I don't think they should be belittled. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Harman).
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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