Senate Proceeding on Nov 19th, 2009 :: 0:09:45 to 0:14:15
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Mitch McConnell: i'm once again inviting my republican colleagues to join us on the right side of history.

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Speech By: Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, for months, we have been warning the american people of the democrats' plans to raise premiums, raise taxes, and slash medicare in order to fund government. americans know that is not reform, and unfortunately the

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Mitch McConnell: majority hasn't been listening. while two committees have publicly reported legislation, the bill we're being asked to consider was assembled behind closed doors, out of sight, without input from the public, for over last six weeks. we're being told we must rush to pass this legislation even though most of its provisions

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Mitch McConnell: won't take effect for five years, until 2014. that's a little bit like being asked to pay your mortgage four years before you're allowed to move int americans reasonably want to know how much will it cost, will their premiums go up, what is

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Mitch McConnell: favored interests or states getting sweetheart deals? the american people want to take the time to get now, mr. president, over here we have the house bill and the senate bill together. each of them roughly pages. you can see this

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Mitch McConnell: rewrite 1/6 of our stunning for ourselves and for our ch grandchildren. the majority leader's bill is 2,074 pages long. when fully implemented -- and the way to look at the true cost

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Mitch McConnell: of this bill, mr. president, is how much will it cost ove ten-year period when it's fully implemented? what has been skillfully done in order to make it look expensive in this proposal i phasing in benefits and taxes at different times, but when fully implemented, when this

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Mitch McConnell: 2,074-page bill is fully implemented, it will cost cost $2.5 trillion. according to c.b.o., federal heal actually go up, not down, as a result of this rewrite 1/6 of our economy.

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Mitch McConnell: it by $465 billion, nearly half a trillion dollars in cuts to a program that is so important our seniors. hospitals, medicare advantage, nursing homes, home health, hospice, all of those will be slashed in this $465 billion cut

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Mitch McConnell: to medicare. it raises so you have here, mr. president, massive cuts in medicare and massive tax who gets hit, who gets hit the tax increases?

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Mitch McConnell: well, insurance, you get taxed. if you don't have insurance, you get taxed. if you need a life-saving medical device, you get taxed. dicines, you get taxed. there is also a new medicare

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Mitch McConnell: payroll tax. so, bottom line here? after six weeks of bill behind closed doors, the majority has produced a bill that increases premiums, raises taxes, and slashes medicare by half a trillion dollars to

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Mitch McConnell: create a new government program. this is not what the american ople want. i don't believe they is reform.