House Proceeding 09-17-09 on Sep 17th, 2009 :: 0:50:30 to 0:53:35
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Lynn C. Woolsey: and so let me yiel gentlelady from califoroia. ms. woolsey: i thank you, again, congressman ellison, for your leadership on these weekly, hourly discussions about health care reform and what's going on in our congress at this particular time and things have happened this week.

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Speech By: Lynn C. Woolsey

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Lynn C. Woolsey: finally the senate has two bills that are written and have been introduced. the second bill coming out of the finance committee has not passed through the committee yet but it is the bachus health care reform bill and we've gotten a lot of pressure here, i know i

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Lynn C. Woolsey: have, i know you have, most progressives have, because there's some idea out there that because the bachus billhat doesn't have any republican support either after three demrats and three republicans spent months and months and

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Lynn C. Woolsey: months writing it, now bachus seems to be almost standing alone with that one, but he'll pass it through his committee and we'll see what happens. but what does that mean to our proposal and our absolute commitment for a robust public option to be included in a very strong health care reform bill?

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Lynn C. Woolsey: as far as i'm concerned it means nothing. what it does, it shows the opposites of what this country could end up with. it gives wind beneath our wings for ourebate ojust why we need a strong robust public option.

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Lynn C. Woolsey: and one of those whies in the bachus bill is that -- whys in senator bachus' bill is it doesn't provide a public option of any level. the public option we offer through the progressive caucus would have its rates determined based on medicare plus 5% and do

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Lynn C. Woolsey: you know that that saves $110 billion over five years? over five years. and the energy and commerce committee has a public option that they have proposed and their public option rates would be based on negotiating with the

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Lynn C. Woolsey: administration and their nego billion. so we have $110 billion in savings through the progressive caucus plan, we have $25 billion savings through the energy and commerce and we have zero savings through senator bachus'

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Lynn C. Woolsey: plan. so that in and of itself is enough for me to know that that is not a bill that i want to be