Now we're throwing around concepts to improve the bill. That's occurring right now. But that is not to say that we are ready to go. Because we want to make sure that when we go, we have the votes to pass this bill. We've got the consensus that we've long been looking for.
Paul Ryan discusses the ongoing efforts to improve the health care bill and the importance of having enough votes for passage.
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What we're trying to do is tone down the rhetoric, lead by example and show people we can disagree with one another. We can have different ideas without being vitriolic, without going to such extremes.
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