I think that it's not fair to say that any one of us would kill health care reform. What we are seeking is to get it in the best shape that we can possibly have it and hope that that's possible.
Senator Ben Nelson discusses the importance of health care reform and the need for adjustments.
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We cannot just be catching up or trying to stay at par with the rest of the world or otherwise our defenses are down.
These programs are central to our national security. They deserve full, bipartisan support.
We're at a crisis. We're running out of money and we need to do this as a core function of government.
How are we going to make it work? How are we going to, over a longer strategy, make the dollars work to meet the obligations we've undertaken?