01/29/2018
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"what I want, and I believe Members of the Committee want, and certainly the American people want, is to create a Nation in which the people in the United States can live long, healthy, happy, and prod..."
"the truth is that our life expectancy, how long our people live, trails behind many other industrialized countries."
"We cannot pass a piecemeal because to do it through regular order, you need 60 votes. We’re not going to get one Republican vote."
"What I hope this legislation will do is restore the faith of the American people that the government can represent ordinary Americans, not just the wealthy and the powerful and their lobbyists."