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Eliot Engel: “My Republicans colleagues' actions here remind me of a story I read when I was a little boy and that's the story of…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2013
My Republicans colleagues' actions here remind me of a story I read when I was a little boy and that's the story of 'Chicken Little' who ran around yelling the sky is falling, the sky is falling, but unlike 'Chicken Little' my Republican colleagues are actually rooting for the sky to fall.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Representative Eliot Engel criticizes Republican colleagues for their negative stance on the Affordable Care Act during a congressional hearing.

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