I will support the Harkin amendment, No. 2719, in response to the numerous phone calls and letters I have received from my constituents in recent years regarding the increasing cost of health care. Nevertheless, I am concerned with increasing these kinds of mandatory expenditures that are able to bypass the consideration of the Appropriations Committees. While I believe that this Congress should address the rising cost of health care in the United States, we should avoid band-aid approaches and focus our efforts on more comprehensive solutions.
Cord Byrd: “I will support the Harkin amendment, No. 2719, in response to the numerous phone calls and letters I have received from…”
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Discussing support for the Harkin amendment related to health care costs.
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