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On the recordMarch 19, 2010
The gentlelady said the Federal Government won't be influencing the type of care Americans get. There is not a person outside this town who believes that statement. This is a 2,700-page bill, more boards, commissions, panels, bureaucrats between you and your doctor than you can imagine. No one outside of Washington believes that statement. Of course the Federal Government is going to be influencing the type of care you get. That is why it takes 2,700 pages of legislative language in this bill.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 19, 2010

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Speaker Jordan addresses concerns about government influence on healthcare in a legislative bill.

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