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On the recordMay 6, 2009
I raise this issue because the chairman and a good chunk of the staff here is spending an inordinate amount of time on the health care reform issue, thank goodness, and this strikes me as yet one more compelling example of why we need every person in the country to have health care coverage.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey

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Andrews emphasizes the need for universal health care coverage.

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