Larry Craig: “last night in the State of the Union Address, we heard our President speak from the well of the House in an emotionally…”

“last night in the State of the Union Address, we heard our President speak from the well of the House in an emotionally charged statement that I think sincerely addressed some of the key issues that this country and our citizens demand be spoken to and clearly are beginning to demand that this Congress respond to in a responsible fashion. But, again, our President attempted to sell an idea that the American people are rapidly beginning to reject, and that is his concept and his wife's concept of health care reform. Clearly, we all recognize that our health care system does not serve all Americans. There are those who fall through the cracks and desperately need care, and this Congress should address that issue. Senator Kempthorne of Idaho, and myself, in the last week, have traveled across our State holding town meetings and listening to thousands of Idaho citizens, and we heard a very clear message from those citizens and that was: Do not vote for the Clinton plan. We do not want a federalized, federally controlled health care system in this country.”