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Paul Tonko: “It is important, I think, that everyone share their perspective here this evening of what damage can be calculated here…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
It is important, I think, that everyone share their perspective here this evening of what damage can be calculated here after 40 years of progress and where there is an attack on our health care standards and on job creation. Because, as we all know, innovation to respond to the efforts of this law, the intent purpose, produces jobs and produces a technical response that is unique and provides for America to dig deep into solutions.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
Feb 8, 2011

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Speaker Tonko addresses the impact of health care standards and job creation.

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