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Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.

Dave Obey

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Dave Obey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: October 3
Former United States Representative
Politician
Real Estate Broker
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
David Ross Obey
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