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McConnell: CBO Testimony Should Be A Wake-Up Call

Statement

Date: July 16, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance Government Budget and Spending

McConnell: CBO Testimony Should Be A Wake-Up Call

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday regarding testimony by the CBO Director that partisan health care proposals will increase costs:

"The Director of the Congressional Budget Office confirmed today what we have been saying for weeks: the health care spending plan that some are trying to rush through Congress would actually make things worse.

"Americans want reform that makes health care more affordable and accessible, not a so-called reform that leads to rising costs and a government takeover of the whole health care system. Americans saw what happened when some in Congress rushed through the trillion-dollar stimulus bill earlier this year. They don't want us to make the same mistakes on something as important and personal as health care.

"Today's CBO testimony should be a wake-up call. Instead of rushing through one expensive proposal after another, we should take the time we need to get things right—especially at a time when hundreds of thousands of Americans are losing jobs every month."


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