Senate Proceeding on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 0:39:35 to 0:41:10
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Speech By: Tom Harkin

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Tom Harkin: to him. mr. harkin: the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: first i ask that two members of my granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, a of five congressional committees involved in the health care reform debate have completed their work now, and the core elements of this

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Tom Harkin: legislation are now clear. now, the job of reporting that the emerging bill will crack down on abuses by the health insurance companies. it will extend quality health coverage to the vast majority of americans. much paid to the i am confident will be in the bill that we send to the

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Tom Harkin: president later this year. so there has been a lot -- a lot in the press about public option, about coverage, how this costs, will excise tax, what will the penalt almost all of the debate that we see surrounding this -- i

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Tom Harkin: shouldn't say -- the discussions surrounding the health care reform debate is about how we pay the bills, when you think about it. it's about how are we going to pay all these bills? but there is one huge part of

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Tom Harkin: the reform bill that's not back discusse believe will have a transformative effect on the