Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY) gave the weekly Republican address today on the topic of health reform. He is also a member of the Senate Finance Committee who is participating in bipartisan “Gang of Six” health talks.
Specifically, he focused on how the current proposals don’t go far enough in cutting costs:
“If Congress and the administration mess this up, each and every one of us will pay for the mistakes, as will generations to come.
“We need health care reform – but more importantly, we need to get it right. We need reforms that will actually lower health care costs for working Americans and we need to make sure we do not increase the deficit and add to the record debt we’re already passing on to our children and grandchildren.
“The bills introduced by Congressional Democrats fail to meet these standards.”
Here is the full address:
On balance, President Obama gave his weekly address on “steps being taken to finish the job of recovery from Hurricane Katrina as the fourth anniversary approaches,” according to the White House blog.
He “points to local citizens working hard alongside responsible government to make real progress in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and pledges that the lessons of Katrina will not be forgotten.”
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