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      <excerpt>...in New York, then this is insane and even that would be insane,&quot; Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told Fox News on Tuesday. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, assailed Gohmert's comments. &quot;Congressman Louis G</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...over the health care reform package before Congress. At the Holiday Park Senior Center in Wheaton, Md., Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, tried to assure a crowd of about 200 people, mostly retirees, that current health care reforms under consideration </excerpt>
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