Ron Klein: “what has just been expressed by our colleagues from around the country is that this is a time for action on an issue…”

“what has just been expressed by our colleagues from around the country is that this is a time for action on an issue that is well overdue. There have been many parts of the country that have been hit by this insurance problem for a long time. But I can tell you that whether you are in the State legislature, like I was in the past, or in the Congress, or in any local government, or even a lot of businesses, a lot of times when you want to study something and you want to put it on the shelf and collect dust, it is not going anywhere. This particular provision, this particular idea sounds nice. It says, oh, we are going to study this and we're going to study that and have qualified people come together. Well, do you know something? That is what we have been doing. We have been bringing together qualified people. We have spent a lot of time, bipartisan, a lot of experts in the field, consumer groups and experts on Wall Street and people in the industry to really figure out what is the right way to do this. Is this perfect? I don't know. But we have certainly tried to do what we think is common sense and we are moving in the right direction.”