Jack Reed: “I understand that last week the Labor Committee had a hearing on this issue, and it came with great evidence that we…”

“I understand that last week the Labor Committee had a hearing on this issue, and it came with great evidence that we need to do more to enforce effectively this bill. And it seems to me that, in the context of that hearing, this provision to strike out needed money is absolutely the wrong approach in terms of ensuring that American citizens have all the benefits of the bill that we all passed, which we all thought would be a major breakthrough in health care in the United States. I wonder if that is the case, and, in fact, did the Labor Committee indicate that these issues were necessary to be enforced?”