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On the recordMarch 3, 2011
I apologize if the person who said ``government takeover of health care'' was not you. It is repeated so often by my Republican friends, including the Speaker of the House, time and time again, that sometimes I get confused because it is a litany that is used. It is in fact, and I would ask unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, to put in the Record the PolitiFact article. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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