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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to ban smoking on all U.S. airlines due to health concerns. The episode aired on Thursday, October 5, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a Congressional initiative to provide leave for workers in family situations, including when a baby is born or when a child, parent, or the worker is ill. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the congressional initiative to mandate employer-provided health insurance benefits for all workers. The episode aired on Friday, August 25, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-003-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate appropriations legislation to provide additional funding for Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care programs. The episode aired on Friday, June 9, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-002-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to require all employers to offer group health insurance benefit plans to workers. The episode aired on Friday, May 12, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-019-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate new legislation passed by the House of Representatives that requires employers to provide reasonable time off for working parents when a child is born or a family member is sick. The episode aired on Tuesday, June 5, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Patient Self-Determination Act, which was legislation to encourage the use of living wills to document advance health care directives, including the right to refuse medical treatment. The episode aired on Friday, July 20, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-013-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to ban the transportation practice called "backhauling," in which vehicles that have carried hazardous materials and waste are then used to transport food and drug products. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 17, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-012-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate healthcare reform as a priority for the new session of the U.S. Congress. The episode aired on Monday, January 8, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for national anti-smoking legislation because of the negative health effects of tobacco products. The episode aired on Wednesday, November 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-009-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate salvaging legislation for Medicare reforms to cover costs of prescription drugs for the elderly, while support falls in Congress for legislation to provide broader Medicare catastrophic health insurance benefits for the elderly. The episode aired on Wednesday, November 1, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-015-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a proposal to reform the Orphan Drug Act, a public health law to encourage investment and research into drugs to treat rare diseases. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 22, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the impact of President Bush's veto of the Fetal Tissue Research Bill, legislation that would end the ban on federal funding for research using tissues from aborted fetuses. The episode aired on Tuesday, June 30, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-011-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a Senate vote to end a Bush administration ban on using fetal tissue for medical research. The episode aired on Friday, April 10, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the extension of the federal program that funds the AZT drug for AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) patients who cannot afford it. The episode aired on Tuesday, May 2, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to reform the Medicare system of payments to hospitals, which pays urban hospitals more than rural hospitals. The episode aired on Friday, February 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation passed the previous year to provide outpatient medical care to certain U.S. veterans even though the Veterans Administration (VA) could not pay for the services. The episode aired on Monday, February 20, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate anti-smoking legislation moving through Congress and comment on the possibility of higher tobacco taxes. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 20, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for Congress to pass legislation to provide access to long-term care for senior citizens. The episode aired on Thursday, December 24, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for strict enforcement of laws, including a new federal law, that prohibit sales and availability of cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors. The episode aired on Friday, September 17, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate two issues on the Senate agenda: a community service bill and the nomination of Dr. Joycelyn Elders to become Surgeon General of the Untied States. The episode aired on Tuesday, September 7, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to require businesses to establish joint management-labor teams on worker health and safety. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 21, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to protect physicians, patients, and clinics from violence and intimidation by abortion opposition groups. They comment on the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 13, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to implement recommendations from a report pointing out the special dangers that pesticide residues in food pose for children. The episode aired on Friday, July 9, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's veto of legislation that would remove the "gag rule," a regulation that prohibits physicians in federally funded clinics from speaking to patients about abortion. The episode aired on Monday, December 2, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.