Reclaiming my time, that sounds awfully familiar. We were promised an open process, but it was a closed process on health care. We were promised an open process, but it was a closed process on this bill. That sounds to me like a promise we have heard before that really hasn't been honored thus far in this Congress. I would urge a ``no'' vote.
The speaker criticizes the lack of transparency in the legislative process regarding health care and a specific bill.
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