A Message From Congressman Anthony Weiner
Just after 7 AM this morning, the Senate helped health care reform take another major step forward when it passed its health care bill on a 60-39 vote.
Not a single Republican supported the bill. Ultimately, it was Democrats who were standing up to an unsustainble and nation-bankrupting status quo.
With bills now passed in the House and the Senate, we’ve made historic progress on health care reform. But this is not yet the bill that we want. The Senate erred in not including the cost control that comes with the public option.
And while there’s work to be done, the differences between us seem narrow compared to the differences we have with Republicans, who – to a person – fought for months to defend the health insurance industry.
But this process is far from over. Now a conference committee will negotiate and put the House and Senate bills together. I’m going to work hard for a final bill that improves on what the Senate passed today.
The public option has been left for dead before. I’m committed to fighting for the House position and restoring this vital tool.
We took a great leap today, but there is still work to be done to achieve the reform we need.
Anthony
