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Michael Burgess: “I certainly will not support, and I think it is useless politically, to try to take the money away from the Affordable…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
I certainly will not support, and I think it is useless politically, to try to take the money away from the Affordable Care Act.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess opposes cutting funding from the Affordable Care Act, viewing it as politically ineffective.

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