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On the recordNovember 18, 2013
Mr. Speaker, I was visited today in my district office by an individual who is one of my constituents--and one of my bosses--who told me about his disappointment with me and our government here in Washington and our inability to positively affect his life. He told me a story about how he and his wife lost their health care policy. What is worse, he told me about his diagnosis of cancer, which has wracked his body and is spreading throughout his organs. He told me how he felt Washington didn't care at all about him and how he had been lied to. He wanted someone to fight for him and the other people in the middle class. I just wanted to come to the floor today, Mr. Speaker, and echo that account so that he knows that someone is here fighting for him. I dedicate myself to fighting on his behalf and for the other millions of Americans just like him. ____________________
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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