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On the recordMarch 20, 2017
The notion of taking an action on a bill that might cause 24 million people to lose health insurance does not do credit to a body that is often called the world's greatest deliberative body.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the importance of careful deliberation on health insurance legislation.

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