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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Today In Washington 20091215



. . the presiding officer: without objection. mr. dodd: mr. president, let m me we ve had a lot of talk, obviously, in the last well, going back now the las last more than well, you can go back 60 years we ve been talking about health care. but in the last year, if you tried to calculate the number of times there have been meetings, conversations, not including the ones that occur here on the floor of the united states senate, but throughout the capitol, both the other body as well as here, between members and staffs, it has been voluminous, to put it mildly. and we ve come down here now what appears to be the remaining just a few hours before we ll decide, as a as a nation, as to whether or not to move forward or to basically leave things as they are with the hopes that one way or the other, things may correct themselves in terms of the cost of health care, the affordability to individuals, as well as the quality of health care for many. and so the next few ho ....

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