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PEOPLE WHEN INSURANCE COMPANY,
FOR YEARS NOW, INSURANCE COMPANY
HAVE BEEN DENYING PEOPLE FOR
YEARS.
DUMPING PEOPLE FOR YEARS.
OBAMA CARE IS TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?
>> THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE
HURTING BECAUSE OF OBAMA CARE
AND THE MILLIONS BEAL PUSHED
INTO PART TIME WORK, WORKING 29
HOURS A WEEK.
THE PEOPLE, THE 110,000 RETIREES
WHO RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING
THEY'RE LOSING THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE BECAUSE OF OBAMA CARE.
THE 15,000 UPS EMPLOYEES WHO
RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING THAT
THEY WERE LOSING THEIR SPOUSAL
COVERAGE, THEIR HUSBANDS AND
WIVES WERE LOSING THEIR
COVERAGE.
AND LET ME DISCUSS WHAT SUCCESS
SHOULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS DEAL THAT
WAS REPORTED ON WILL BE A DEAL
OR NOT.
LET ME SUGGEST WHAT THE TEST FOR
SUCCESS SHOULD BE.
SUCCESS SHOULD BE MEANINGFUL
RELIEF FOR THE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO ARE HURTING
BECAUSE OF OBAMA CARE.
MY TEST FOR SUCCESS WILL BE,
DOES IT THEN SINGLE MOM WHO IS
FORCED TO WORK 29 HOURS A WEEK
AND IS STRUGGLING?
IF IT DOES, IT IS A GOOD
OUTCOME.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SINGLE MOMS.
IN YOUR STATE, SIR, IN YOUR
STATE 25% OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
STATE HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE
AT ALL.
AND THERE ARE SINGLE MOTHERS
RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE CANCER, WHO
HAVE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS AND
THEY CANNOT GET ANY HELP FROM
ANYWHERE EXCEPT THROUGH OBAMA
CARE.
IF IT WERE UP TO YOU, THOSE
SINGLE MOMS WOULD BE STAYING UP
AT NIGHT WITH NO HOPE AND NO
HELP FOR THEM OR THEIR CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE YET TO PUT ON THE
TABLE.
YOU ARE NOW BLAMING EVERYTHING
THAT'S WRONG IN AMERICA ON OBAMA
CARE.
THAT IS DEMAGOGUERY, SIR.
>> WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
ALL DAY LONG.
AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT
DISCUSSION.
OBAMA CARE IS BIG AND IT WILL
MAKE AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE AND
WE SHOULD BE HAVING CONTINUED
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
WHAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING IS
SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, THREATENING
THE CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE A BARGAINING
POSITION AND BASICALLY, FORCE
THE UNITED STATES INTO A HOLD
HOSTAGE SITUATION.
THAT ISN'T HELPFUL.
THAT ISN'T PRODUCTIVE.
THE BOXED CANYON.
WHEN WE SOLVE THAT, AS SOON AS
THE GOVERNMENT IS BACK
OPERATING, AS SOON AS THE DEBT
LIMIT IS NOT THREATENED BY
EXTREMISM AND WE CAN NOT HAVE
THAT SHADOW FALL OVER OUR
ECONOMY, WE'LL NEGOTIATE ON
EVERYTHING.
>> LET ME RESPOND TO BOTH OF
THOSE.
FIRST OF ALL WHAT YOU SAID IS
SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
I AM A BIG SUPPORT HE OF HEALTH
CARE REFORM.
I THINK WE NEED TO ALLOW
INTERSTATE COMPETITION, A
NATIONAL MARKETPLACE, TO LOWER
COST EXPANDED AVAILABILITY AND
TO MAKE HEALTH CARE PERSONAL AND
PORTABLE AND AFFORDABLE.
I AM A HUGE PRO OPPONENT OF THAT
AND HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A
LONG, LONG TIME.
DO YOU THINK THE SENATE SHOULD
VOTE ON THE 14 BILLS THE HOUSE
HAS PASSED TO PASS VITAL
PRIORITIES LIKE THE V.A., OUR
PARKS.
>> NO.
YOU DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVEN
VOTE ON THEM.
>> I DON'T.
YOU CAN WAIST TIME VOTING ON
THEM AND EVERY VOTE YOU LEAVE IS
A VET FOR EVERY AGENCY SHUT
DOWN.
I HAVEN'T INTERRUPTED YOU.
TO DENY THE SERVICE THAT'S THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN ON FROM ALL
THOSE OTHER AGENCIES.
I SAY TO THE VETERANS, AND I SAY
TO PEOPLE SERVED BY E.P.A. AND
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAVED STOCK
PORTFOLIOS BECAUSE OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.
AND PEOPLE WITH FIRE PROTECTION,
I SAY TO ALL OF THEM, OPEN THE
GOVERNMENT UP AND LET'S
NEGOTIATE LIKE AMERICANS DO.
AND LET'S NOT NEGOTIATE BY
HARMING OTHER PEOPLE AND SAYING