On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
The American people have demanded that Congress begin working together to solve this Nation's problems, and we have done just that. On Monday, our friends across the Capitol, in the other body as we say, passed their version of the jobs bill by a vote of 70-28. We, in this House, have already passed a different version, and yesterday we passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 406-19 a long overdue elimination of the antitrust exemption that health insurers have enjoyed for decades. We hope our friends in the other body will join us in a similarly bipartisan vote to send that bill to the President. And today a bipartisan group of congressional leaders meets at the White House to discuss ways to bring down the cost of health care for every family and every business in America. While we're not yet finished, and there's clearly much work yet to be done, Congress this week has made great strides in moving forward on the issues that are of most concern to the American people.
