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Charles Rangel: Thank you so much. I wish when the dust settles and we have an opportunity to sit together with our Republican friends…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
Thank you so much. I wish when the dust settles and we have an opportunity to sit together with our Republican friends that we can come up with a reform called ``truth in advertising'' as we label these bills. What was a national bill and has been signed into law now is being referred to as the ``Democrat ObamaCare job-killing threat to your natural life'' bill. And of course this is misleading perhaps to a lot of new Members because they should know, as the listeners to this debate should know, that this ain't repealing nothing. It's an obligation that some people feel that they made to their constituency who elected them who thought perhaps that that's all you had to do was put in a bill. But under 2 minutes, I can't get into this how to repeal a law; but it starts off with a vote in the House, then you have to get a vote in the Senate, and then you have to override a veto by the President of the United States.…
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York
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Jan 19, 2011

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Rangel discusses the misleading labeling of healthcare reform legislation and the complexities of repealing it.

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