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Paul Ryan: It's socialized medicine and then people are going to private health care. You say that it's a Democratic ploy and we…

On the recordOctober 4, 2007
It's socialized medicine and then people are going to private health care. You say that it's a Democratic ploy and we have all this Republican support. The President says he's for the program, but 840,000 kids would get knocked off of it. It just doesn't work. So I'm glad we're here to clean it up and come do our job. So good seeing everybody. Did I announce last night, I wanted to announce before we close that Kelly Pavlik from Youngstown won the middleweight title on Saturday and what a great kid he is.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Discussing the implications of a health care program and celebrating a local sports achievement.

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