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Tommy Thompson: “We don't have the Teddy Kennedys and the, and the Senator…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Ep26 - HHS Then & Now with Tommy Thompson

Published | Video Starts at 59:06

They're looking at the next election and they're not looking at the future as much as you would like or I would like. And We don't have the Teddy Kennedys and the, and the Senator Buys and Senator Laxalls and Orrin Hatches working together on big subjects and working on a bipartisan basis. We don't have the leadership in health care that are using their position in Congress, in the United States Senate to really advocate and really become the spokesperson for good health care. (59:06–59:24)

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Asserts the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Congress on significant issues like healthcare.

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