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On the recordMarch 18, 2010
I think it is important to put this issue into the context of real people. We have a lot of discussions in the Senate and throughout Washington on process and procedure and numbers and all that, and that is important and relevant, but at the end of the discussion--the old expression ``at the end of the day''--we have to be able to not only talk to the American people, as we have over many months now--in some cases many years--about what this legislation will do, but also we have to be aware of what is concerning a lot of people, a lot of families.
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Bob Casey
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Mar 18, 2010

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Senator Casey discusses the importance of health care legislation in the context of real people's experiences.

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