Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007

Floor Speech

CAROLINE PRYCE WALKER CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER ACT OF 2007 -- (Senate - July 16, 2008)

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Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, before he leaves the floor, I thank the Senator from Oregon for his kind remarks. More than that, I thank him for his leadership. Health care, as all Americans know, is one of the most significant issues we face today. Senator Wyden has been outstanding and relentless in his efforts to build bipartisan support for comprehensive reform of our health care system. We have a lot of different ideas in the Senate about how to reform health care. Frankly, one of the reasons we have such a sort of a patchwork system of health care is because each side in this debate wins a battle here and there and gets a piece of their idea into the solution. When we are done, the patchwork system we have probably is not as good as any one of the pure systems that many people advocate for. But we have to work together in a collaborative fashion and build consensus for true health care reform. I thank the Senator for his leadership in that regard.

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