Vern Buchanan: “I introduced a bill that would eliminate sweetheart deals. Recently, the current health care bill that got passed, I…”

“I introduced a bill that would eliminate sweetheart deals. Recently, the current health care bill that got passed, I know in my area, in my town hall meetings, talking to a lot of Americans, people are concerned about the health care bill that just passed, but they are outraged about the sweetheart deals. What do I mean? The $300 million that went to the Louisiana purchase, $100 million that went to a hospital in Connecticut. People are outraged because they feel it is their money, it is their taxpayer money, and they are very concerned about it. They feel it is buying votes. And that's the reason I think we have such a low approval rating in this country, because they view it as backroom deals, secret deals. This bill will eliminate all the sweetheart deals that are in this bill. I ask my colleagues to join me in eliminating sweetheart deals in the current health care legislation.”