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Michael Burgess: “It is a fantasy that really needs to be stamped out and rejected.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2010
It is a fantasy that really needs to be stamped out and rejected.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Burgess criticizes the belief that the health care bill will lower costs.

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