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Lamar Alexander: “It could have been down by 40 percent if we could have agreed on the Alexander-Murray negotiation that we had in which…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2018
It could have been down by 40 percent if we could have agreed on the Alexander-Murray negotiation that we had in which Democrats pulled the rug out from under it at the last minute by refusing to vote for the Hyde Amendment compromise.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander criticizes Democrats for not supporting a compromise that could have significantly reduced health care costs.

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