On the recordDecember 20, 2009
I don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them.
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transcripts.cnn.comI don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them.
Harry Reid comments on the necessity of senators securing provisions for their states in the health care bill.
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