WALLY HERGER: “there is gridlock inside the beltway on the road to health care reform. The legislative highway is jammed with various…”

“there is gridlock inside the beltway on the road to health care reform. The legislative highway is jammed with various plans which seek to cure the ills of our current system, but none of these plans can make it to their final destination because of a fatal accident that has shut down the entire process. The Clinton caravan skidded off the left side of the road, careened into our small businesses, sideswiped our health care quality, spun itself into confusion, and crashed into the face of logic. I am sorry to report that the Clinton plan was dead on arrival, and its wreckage remains strewn in the House committees of jurisdiction. We need to haul off the remnants of the Clinton plan and allow the best plans to get through the legislative road reform. The Michel plan is the clear choice to make it to the finish line. It cures the portability problem, solves the preexisting conditions riddle, increases access, and lowers costs, all without sacrificing quality. Madam Speaker, let us clear the road of the Clinton plan accident and move on to real health care reform.”