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Louie Gohmert: Yes, exactly, Tennessee. Tennessee and Minnesota. But that is what has gotten people upset across the country and is…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
Yes, exactly, Tennessee. Tennessee and Minnesota. But that is what has gotten people upset across the country and is what we saw in Massachusetts. They've seen what's going on around here. There was a promise that C-SPAN would be covering all the negotiations because we're talking about people's lives, the length of their lives, and their loved ones, how long are they going to be able to be living in this world, whether they will get the medication they need, or are they going to be told you're too old? So as the President so ably said before he was elected, those negotiations need to be out there. And all we've seen is the nasty, sordid deals that were cut after being behind closed doors so that you have insurance companies signing onto the President's bill. And then you go through and say, ah, here are the pages where they got their deal cut. Ah, here is the deal that the plaintiffs lawyers got. Ah, here's the deal the pharmaceutical industry got. And they're conflicting. And it is such a mass of mess the way they've cut these deals and they've forged them together. And the ones that are going to suffer are the people in this country when there is no reason to.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Jan 20, 2010

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Gohmert addresses concerns about healthcare negotiations and transparency in Congress.

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