Senate Proceeding 11-10-09 on Nov 10th, 2009 :: 5:36:50 to 5:42:40
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Mitch McConnell: that is driving down the cost of health care. it is actually increases health care costs. cbo and all the independent analysis that's been done demonstrates that and i think that's going to defeat this in the senate. >> senator mcconnell, do you votes that you would need to -- [inaudible

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Speech By: Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell: >> i'm not sure we are yet able to predict the outcome of amendments. we have not yet had but i think the stupak amendment and the concern about the taxpayer funds not being used to pay for abortion is going to be a very important issue in the senate as well. i saw senator ben nelson of discussing that on the today

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Mitch McConnell: show so i expect there will be amendments in that area. no doubt senator lieberman has indicated how importt he feels about the issue with the government getting into the insurance business and how inappropriate that is. other members feel strongly that

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Mitch McConnell: we not somehow indirectly subsidize insurance for people who are not amecan citizens. these are all issues that will unfold on the senate floor not to medicare and the tax increases and the insurance premiums going

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Mitch McConnell: up for everyone. >> [inaudible] -- in the senate bill or do you have some other strategy? >> yeah, i habit of coming out and announcing to you all what our amendment strategy will be. let me just say this, at the risk of being repetitious, this is a big the majority seeks to take over one sixth of our economy.

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Mitch McConnell: there's going to be a lot of amendments on a lot of subjects. we are going to spend a number of weeks on this, reminiscent of importance senate debates in the recent past. we spent four weeks on a farm bill last congress, eight weeks on the energy in the last decade, i think we spent

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Mitch McConnell: something like seven weeks on education, seven or eight weeks on creating a the department of homeland security. the senate is place where the american people get to wait and where there are amendments on a broader array of issues and we will have lots of amendments. they may have as well, and i assume they will because there's a lot of discontent on the democratic side about the measure that i would remind you

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Mitch McConnell: we haven't seen yet. i expected at some point this bill will appear and once it appears it will need to be scored. it will need to be on the internet a so people can have a what's in it and t point if 60 senators want to

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Mitch McConnell: begin the debate on it, we will. >> [inaudible] >> well, it will be of to the majority leader to decide when to try to bring up the bill. it will need to be a bill. it will need to be scored.

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Mitch McConnell: it will need to be on the internet 72 hours. he surely knows that. i think the american people stormed the capitol with anything short of that procedurally. and so it will be up to him to decide when he thinks it's appropriate to try to go to it. >> [inaudible] >> well, you know, it's just not my job to tell him what's

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Mitch McConnell: realistic. he's the majority leader. he g makes the decision to turn the bill we will discuss the adequacy of it and whether or not it's ready to go forward.

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Mitch McConnell: >> [inaudible] >> what i understand is this is yet another 1,000 page bill not supported buy any republicans. i don't think the public is clamoring for us to pass yet another 1,000 and i am not sure when they would plan to turn to this on the senate floor since it's obvious health care isoing to

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Mitch McConnell: be the dominant issue for the next coming months. so i do not yet see bipartisan support on that media will develop but my understanding is the bill you are referring to has no repu

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Mitch McConnell: >> [inaudible] what is your feeling about that approach? would you support something like that? [inaudible] >> i am sorry? >> [inaudible] >> i actually discussed that matter backed with the president when he was sworn in and

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Mitch McConnell: indicated a willingness to accept appropriateness of commission and i'm willing to talk about that. particularly if the commission targets the real problem we have in the future which is the unfunded liabilities. we have a medicare, medicaid and social security. i would have to see what the commission is designed to

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Mitch McConnell: address, with the makeup is, is it fair to i'm certainly open to approach and have been for years. we will just have to see what it looks like. thanks, everybody.