Republican Reaction to Senate Health Care Bill

Nov 20, 2009

U.S. Capitol

Republican senators spoke to reporters and answered questions on health care reform and consideration of legislation by the Senate.
Republican senators spoke to reporters and answered questions on health care reform and consideration of legislation by the Senate.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:01 Unidentified Speaker SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID PRESENTED AN $848 BILLION HEALTH-CARE OVERHAUL PACKAGE THIS PAST...
00:00:32 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS MASSIVE 2007-2007 BEFORE PAGE BILL -- THIS 200...
00:02:08 Unidentified Speaker BY VIRTUALLY EVERY OPINION POLL, OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN IS ROUGHLY 60%-4%. -- 40% OPPOSITION RUNS...
00:03:19 Unidentified Speaker YESTERDAY, THE CALIFORNIA BORDER REGIONS RAISED TUITION -- BOARD OF REGENTS RAISED TUITION 32% FOR...
00:04:14 Unidentified Speaker IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT YOGI BERRA, IT IS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. TAX INCREASES, MEDICARE CUTS, ...
00:05:26 Unidentified Speaker THE LEADER HAS MENTIONED USE OF GIMMICKRY OR LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. THIS BILL -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] ...
00:07:11 Unidentified Speaker LET'S SEE, THE BILL AS A PUBLIC OPTION IN IT, A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE, RAISES INSURANCE...
00:08:44 Unidentified Speaker I SAT THROUGH THE MARKUP ON THE HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL AND LABOR AND PENSION BILL, WHERE VIRTUALLY...
00:10:12 Unidentified Speaker I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS DEATH, AT THE CHART ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS TAXES....
00:12:02 Unidentified Speaker OK, WELL, WE WILL TAKE THE QUESTION.
00:12:13 Unidentified Speaker THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS -- DO YOU THINK THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION...
00:12:34 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON THAT. BUT I WILL SPECULATE IS THAT RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE THIS FOR A...
00:13:20 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR KYL -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] DOES THAT PRESSURE -- DOES THAT GIVE YOUR PARTY LEVERAGE TO PRESSURE...
00:13:54 Unidentified Speaker IT CERTAINLY COMPELS THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION -- WHY ARE WE TRYING TO PASS THIS 2000- PAGE BILL THAT...
00:15:53 Unidentified Speaker WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR BREAST CANCER AND CERVICAL CANCER, DO YOU SEE THIS AS A RATIONING OF CARE?...
00:16:06 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RATIONING, AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS DISCUSSED THIS A LOT...
00:16:12 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS HOW RATIONING STARTS, AND THAT IS THE POINT I DON'T THINK YOU WILL FIND THE WORD "RATIONING"...
00:17:11 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:17:27 Unidentified Speaker AND OTHERS MAY WANT TO ADDRESS THIS AS WELL. THE FUNDAMENTAL POINT IS THAT, FORTUNATELY, IN AMERICA,...
00:18:57 Unidentified Speaker TO FOLLOW ON THAT, I THINK WE RECOGNIZE FOR THE WOMEN, THE LOWER-INCOME WOMEN, THERE ARE SOME GOOD,...
00:20:50 Unidentified Speaker IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING AND JUST SAID, WE RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF THE COSTS IN THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM...
00:21:39 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:22:01 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCOMMODATION IN THE CONGRESS FOR YEARS NOW AMONG THE ABORTION AND PRO-LIFE COMMUNITIES,...
00:22:49 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:23:03 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
00:24:30 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IT DIED?
00:24:32 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD SELL TO THE PUBLIC. THERE WERE POSSIBLY COMING UP...
00:25:48 Unidentified Speaker ANY COMMENTS ON THE INVESTIGATION [UNINTELLIGIBLE] SIR, YOU WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH ME.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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