Jack Kingston: “I find it appalling that the Democrats would bring in this special interest thing. The integrity of the debate; is it…”

“I find it appalling that the Democrats would bring in this special interest thing. The integrity of the debate; is it possible to have a honest debate any more at all? I mean if my colleagues want to talk about special interests, read yesterday's Hill newspaper article. The American Trial Lawyers just gave $2.2 million to candidates last year, 94 percent going to Democrats opposed to this bill because it has tort reform. My colleagues want to talk special interests? Weigh on in, because my colleagues are the ones who are in the pocket of the American trial bar. Let us get to the real issue here. Medical savings accounts gives choice to Americans. It takes it away from our Washington bureaucrat command and control allies and puts it in the hands of the American public where it belongs. That is what our constituents want, and once they start making their own decisions on health care, they are going to decide a whole lot of other things, like they may need somebody else to represent them in Congress. I think it is important to also know that our colleagues are standing one more time against small businesses by opposing legislation that would allow pet stores and clothing stores and barber shops to pool together and buy their insurance as a group.”