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On the recordFebruary 1, 2012
There was a legendary Texas House Speaker of this body, Sam Rayburn, who said that it takes a master carpenter to build a barn but any mule, I think he said, can tear one down. Well, it's time that we get together to build a solution for long- term health care, not just tear it down.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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