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On the recordMay 16, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you why people would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It has become very, very clear that no matter how well-intentioned it may have been, it will not work. Time after time, we are finding that the things that they told us just aren't panning out to be true; and Senator Max Baucus, one of the law's main architects, recently described ObamaCare as a huge train wreck coming down. We have a chance to save Americans from being casualties of the train wreck. We can yank them off the tracks. Today, I voted to show that I am trying to do just that. I call on the United States Senate and the Senators to join us in rescuing the American people from the tracks of health care destruction. ____________________
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia
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May 16, 2013

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