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Louie Gohmert: The American people, the vast majority, have made clear that they don't want what has come through the House and what…

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
The American people, the vast majority, have made clear that they don't want what has come through the House and what has come through the Senate. And you know yes, I came from east Texas. I've worked in some pretty nasty barns and fields. And one person said to me, So you're going to go in and compromise, you know, talk about the Senate and the House bill and try to work out a compromise? Because when you try to compromise between one type of horse manure and another type of horse manure, you're still not going to really like what you got unless you're going to use it for fertilizer. But the thing is we heard last week--I read that a representative of the AARP and unions had said that they had been behind the scenes privately behind closed doors working on a compromise between these bills that the vast majority of Americans said they don't want. And that was going to be unleashed today. Apparently, it was revealed this morning. So I am really struggling with this.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Feb 22, 2010

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Gohmert addresses public discontent with legislative compromises on health care reform.

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