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Joe Barton: “Most of what we now call the Affordable Care Act came through this committee.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
Most of what we now call the Affordable Care Act came through this committee.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton asserts that the Affordable Care Act was largely authored by the committee.

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