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Jim Jordan: “There's no way. I mean, the claim is laughable on its face, and yet that's what we continue to hear out of the other…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
There's no way. I mean, the claim is laughable on its face, and yet that's what we continue to hear out of the other side. And I think it's those kind of things that deep down Americans understand we need reform. They understand that there are some concerns and some real problems in our health care system. But they also fundamentally get that this bill, this package, with the dollars being used to take the life of unborn children, with the cost estimates that we know are really going to be there, they understand on a basic level that they don't want the Federal Government attempting to take over one-sixth of our economy and getting between them and their family and their doctor.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio
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Mar 17, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing concerns about health care reform and government involvement in the economy.

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