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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
The way this was done, by sneaking devastating healthcare changes into a partisan bill at the last minute, is completely counter to the bipartisan spirit in which we worked on this stabilization bill.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray condemns the process of including healthcare changes in a partisan bill.

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