"If the public option is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote because I believe the debt can break America," he said.

“如果法案中包含有公共选择的内容，我的良心让我将不会允许这个法案进入最后的投票过程，因为我相信它产生的债务将使美国破产。”他说。

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Short of that, buyers are essentially imposing a fuel tax upon themselves, a nontrivial fee paid as a matter of conscience.

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You know, I think they as a matter of conscience, and political, frankly political good judgment, are going to want to look carefully at their investment portfolios.

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Past governments have regarded the issue as a matter of conscience, one on which MPs and peers should have a free vote, and the Ministry of Justice said it would only comment on any proposed legislation when it was published.

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