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On the recordDecember 12, 2012
we are tired of paying for more expensive health care for the rest of the Nation as well and having our system jeopardized.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell expresses frustration over high healthcare costs affecting the entire nation.

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