Senate Proceeding on Jul 10th, 2009 :: 3:02:25 to 3:03:59
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Jon Kyl: has been on the question of paying this very large

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Speech By: Ron Wyden

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Ron Wyden: additional sum to finance coverage expansion. there is no questio time of soaring deficits the congress must pay aention to what it costs to pay for health reform. it would be fiscally responsible -- fiscally irresponsible to pay for health reform that's not

3:02:47 to 3:03:07( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Wyden: paid for, equally irresponsible to bill that's labeled "health reform" that fails to put a lid on the skyrocketing costs of our health care system. so the two go hand in hand, mr. president.

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Ron Wyden: first, show that you can generate cost savings for all americans through increasing choice and rewarding those who make a wise selection of their coverage. that, in my view, ought to be built around the -- what the congressional budget office has

3:03:29 to 3:03:51( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Wyden: documented, which is private-sector savings through an approach very much like what members of congress have. if you do that first, then you have the credibility, mr. president, to go back and say to the american people, here are the choices in front of us

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Ron Wyden: for expanding close to 50 million people who do not have it today. what i've tried to describe this