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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
So it really is political theater, hyperbole, to make it seem like this bill kills jobs.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott criticizes claims that the Affordable Care Act kills jobs as exaggerated.

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