Obama Urges Congress To Pass Health-Care Reform Bill

Nov 7th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal

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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama urged the U.S. House to pass far-reaching health-care overhaul legislation in a brief address at the White House Saturday, saying Americans "urgently" needed changes to the existing health-care system.

"This is our moment to live up to the trust that the American people have placed in us," Mr. Obama said in a speech at the White House rose garden. "Even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard."

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