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      <excerpt> Mike Ross (D-AR), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Heath Shuler (D-NC) and Lee Terry (R-NE). ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;There are many examples where competitive bidding makes sense, but durable medical equipment is not one of them,&amp;quot; added Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8211; US Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa 4, targeted for defeat next year by progressive groups advertising on Internet sites and television, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> As for US Rep. Jason Altmire, D-4, mccandless Township, who voted against the health-care reform bill in the House because he thought it did not cut costs ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...this was exposed, there was no mechanism in place to terminate the company's contracts -- so the funding continued. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, said the name of the company and further information will not be revealed until next week, after he and</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Representative Jason Altmire is a Democrat, but still worried about issues of cost control. Jason Altmire&amp;#39;s worries fit many of the ones I&amp;#39;ve brought up ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I don&amp;#39;t know what insurance Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) carries. But for the purposes of this exercise, he&amp;#39;s Jason &#8220;You&amp;#39;re In Good Hands With&#8221; Altmire. Better hope that Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) is a fan of Seinfeld. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Jason Altmire (D-4) Fax: 202-226-2274. Rep. John Peterson (R-5) Fax: 202-225-5796. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-6) Fax: 202-225-8440. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-7) Fax: 202-225-0280. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-8) Fax: 202-225-9511. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I love Congressman Jason Altmire, but he&amp;#39;s got it all backwards here. &amp;quot;The goal of this bill and the selling point for it when they were trying to round up the votes was, &amp;#39;Isn&amp;#39;t it wonderful that we&amp;#39;re going to cover 30 million uninsur</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Jason Altmire does not want to cover the uninsured. You pay for my family&amp;#39;s health insurance. Suckers! From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: &amp;quot;The goal of this bill and the selling point for it when they were trying to round up the ...</excerpt>
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