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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
If I were in your position, and I thank God every day that I am not, but if I had your job and this was out there, I think I would at least have in the back of my mind some contingency plan for what happens next
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess suggests planning for potential legal challenges to health law.

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