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Joe Manchin: “Well, not a nice thing it does and from my point of view it doesn't from saying, you know, we're going to save $470…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
Well, not a nice thing it does and from my point of view it doesn't from saying, you know, we're going to save $470 billion. That's a lot of money and we need to be as cost effective as we possibly can.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Senator Manchin discusses the implications of the CBO score on health care reform.

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