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On the recordApril 13, 2010
the Federal Government is really giving with one hand and taking away with another because the new healthcare bill... is going to add between $1.1 billion and $1.5 billion of costs.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander criticizes the healthcare bill's financial impact on education funding.

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