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Republican Senator From Arkansas Says Trump Health Plan Was Too Rushed

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published March 27, 2017 at 11:56 AM EDT
Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Arkansas
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Arkansas
Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Arkansas
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Arkansas

SAYS BILL WAS RUSHED -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Arkansas, believes “the House moved a bit too fast” on efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.   Cotton appeared on Sunday's  FACE THE NATION on CBS and explained: “To release a bill that was written in secret and then expect to pass it in 18 days I just don’t think was feasible,”  Cotton, a vocal opponent of the American Healthcare Act, recollected on the passage ofObamacare, and described the long-term efforts made by Democrats to pursue a national system of health care took much longer than the 18 days the Republicans took in assembling a replacement bill.  Cotton also mentioned that Washington will need to revisit this issue in the future.

President Trump reacts to the AHCA health care bill being pulled by Congressional Republicans before a vote as he appears with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price (L) and Vice President Mike Pence (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2017.
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President Trump reacts to the AHCA health care bill being pulled by Congressional Republicans before a vote as he appears with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price (L) and Vice President Mike Pence (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 BILL WAS RUSHED -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Arkansas, believes “the House moved a bit too fast” on efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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