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On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
Twenty-six States have joined the lawsuit, including my home State of Wyoming which recently joined. New Governors have been elected and sworn into office in January, so five new States have joined the lawsuit, saying, This law isn't constitutional. People from Congress shouldn't be able to go into your home and make you buy a government-approved product if you don't want to buy it. The background of the Senator from South Carolina is superior to mine in the legal field or the courts, but it sure sounds to me as if rulings from Virginia and Florida uphold my firm belief that Congress can't make people buy products.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Feb 7, 2011

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Senator Barrasso discusses the lawsuit against a law he believes is unconstitutional.

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