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On the recordMay 10, 1995
I think we need some help from the other side of the aisle to tell us how they are doing their tricks because the fact of the matter is, a health care crisis has been upon us for a long time. Suddenly, because they are presenting a budget to us, they find a health care crisis when there has been one here all the time. I think they have been taking lessons from some of my friends in Nevada. I think that because our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are really illusionists or magicians in the true sense of the word. I appreciate the statement the Senator has given regarding education. We really have to concentrate on education and what it is doing to future generations.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the health care crisis and education during a floor speech.

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