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On the recordJune 14, 2011
the more we could do to actually get people working again, in terms of actually being things for the general overall health of all these very skilled physicians and their patients, one of the best things we could do is actually improve the economy, get people back to work, raise the gross domestic product, raise that, lower the unemployment rate, and we ought to be focusing on the economy.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso emphasizes the importance of improving the economy to enhance public health and employment.

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