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Rob Bishop: I want to echo that I agree with you that we are in a precarious situation. There are those who would tell us that the…

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I want to echo that I agree with you that we are in a precarious situation. There are those who would tell us that the most important thing we could do right now is to pass something. A lot of bad pieces of legislation and policy changes have happened when we have simply passed something that was there. Our goal on this particular issue should be to pass the right type of reform, not just something. Until we get the right type of reform, we should never actually quit looking to form a way that is best in providing options and choices to the American people. I find it ludicrous and somewhat insulting to the American people that there are actually those who believe, if you take a $1 trillion program which transfers power from the American people to bureaucrats in Washington, by adding more spending for a few studies and for a few small, little tweaks here and there, that that's actually better and that that's going to buy people's support.
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah
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Mar 3, 2010

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The speaker discusses the importance of passing the right type of reform rather than hastily passing legislation.

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