On the recordMarch 8, 2006
No, I understand that. But, do you know what? Let us remember then we had dialogue and a working relationship between the President and the Congress. Let's give credit. What I am looking for, when I hear talk about let's sit down and talk, of course, we welcome that, and let's have this understanding. Let's work together. How can you work together when you have closed-door deals going on that eliminate a savings to the taxpayers of America for $22 billion? Is this about saving the HMOs and the health care industry money, or is it about taking care of the American taxpayer? So, please, please, let's match the rhetoric that we hear here with action, not with closed-door deals that benefit the health care industry, the $22 billion, and think nothing of helping the American taxpayer.
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