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Henry Cuellar: “And, of course, we got the CBO today, which gave us some promising numbers as to the cost of the bill itself and how…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
And, of course, we got the CBO today, which gave us some promising numbers as to the cost of the bill itself and how much it's going to reduce the deficit in the next 10 years, $138 billion.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas

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Cuellar highlights the positive CBO report regarding the cost and deficit reduction of the health care bill.

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