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Steve Cohen: “The number one biggest lie--this independent group--was the Republican mantra of government run or government mandated…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
The number one biggest lie--this independent group--was the Republican mantra of government run or government mandated health care. It's just a fact. That's the biggest lie told the American public. And it came from the leaders on the other side, it came from these halls where they are immune from defamation suits. Because it's not government run health care. It's unheard of, unfathomable, that the other side would use the fact that they're immune from prosecution in any other jurisdiction or court for words that aren't true to do that and in politics to say it was government run health care, the biggest lie of 2010, and it comes to the floor next week.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Jan 6, 2011

Editor's note · Context

Cohen addresses the false claims about government-run health care made by Republican leaders.

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