Senate Proceeding 10-14-09 on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 5:07:40 to 5:09:20
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Tom Udall: mr. udall:: with the permission of the senator from oklahoma, if i could just have three additional minutes, i ask unanimous consent for that. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: i would -- i would just like to point out tonight that we've had a number of senators come down here, and we've also been presided over by the gracious, very gracious

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Speech By: Tom Udall

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Tom Udall: senator from the state of washington, senator cantwell. i know that she is a strong proponent of a public option. but we -- we've had senator cardin here from maryland, senator brown from ohio, senator whitehouse from rhode island. we had our -- our distinguished majoritmajority whip, senator durbin, down here talking about public option.

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Tom Udall: we've had roland burris, senator burris from illinois, also and so we've had a key group here. and we're going to continue to do this, because, as senator brown knows, senator whitehouse, senator burris, we have to get this done. our constituents want it. the american people want it. there was just a poll done, 72%

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Tom Udall: of the american people want to see a public option here. i don't know if any other senators want to sum up here, but we've just -- please. senator burris. mr. burris: also, 72% of the doctors are also supporting the public option. mr. udall: i think the doctors

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Tom Udall: are overwhelmingly supporting it. mr. brown: i can think of one doctor that might not be supporting it on the other side of the aisle. but a survey done just two weeks ago found that 72% of the doctors supported a public option. correct. mr. udall: senator coburn, i just want to thank you for not objecting here, i know that we