Health Reform Bill Won't Encourage Euthanasia, Says Democrat Miller

Republicans have suggested that the health care bill circulating in Congress will encourage the elderly to end their lives, says Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). “It’s just outrageous that they would play that kind of fear on that vulnerable population when they know in fact that there’s nothing in that bill that does that.” Miller explains that a provision in the current version allows a patient to voluntarily discuss a life-threatening illness and end-of-life care with their doctor. (0:45)
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House Democrat Blasts Republicans For Leading "Campaign Of Lies And Distortions" In Health Care Debate

Republicans are promoting a “campaign of lies and distortions” instead of having a “meaningful and honest debate about health care reform,” says Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). The American people have been “inundated with the lies and the misinformation and the outright distortions of what this legislation does,” he goes on to say. (0:30)
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House Democrat Accuses Republicans Of Stalling Health Care Reform By Playing Politics

“This is all about politics from the Republican side,” says Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Van Hollen pointed to rhetoric from GOP Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and RNC Chairman Michael Steele as examples of Republicans deliberately stalling health care reform in order to "bring down President Obama and the whole agenda." (0:27)
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"There Is No Republican Health Care Plan," Says House Democrat

“There is no Republican health care plan out there,” says Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in response to what he described as the Republican “misinformation campaign” that is slowing health care reform efforts. He says Republicans are satisfied with the status quo and “don’t want to show the American people where they stand on these issues.” (0:33)
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Former House Majority Leader Calls Health Care Crisis, Global Warming "Hyped Fictions"

"Global warming might be, in fact, one of the most hyped fictions in America today," says former Majority Leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX). He went on to say that the “most treasured umbrella objectives in public policy” right now are to “create the illusion of a crisis and then...demonstrate the need for their policies of government growth and income redistribution as a resolution of the crisis." Armey concludes that global warming and the health care crisis are “high-profile fictions designed to serve the political purposes of the majority party.” (0:45)
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Durbin's Diagnosis: Health Care System Is Chronically Ill

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says the U.S. health care system is chronically ill and that it can not survive as it currently exists. Durbing goes on to say that it is "time to do things which may be hard, but are absolutely essential for the survival of good health care in America." (0:21)
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Democrat Lee: Health Care A Right, Not A Privilege

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) says that health care is a right, not a privilege (0:07)
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Health Reform Process Not Over Says Democrat Delauro

Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-Conn.) says that people need to remember that the House version of the health care bill is not the end of the health care reform process. She says the House needs to step back and let people talk and comment on the bill. (0:16)
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Congress Must Ensure Fair Health Care Costs Says Republican Issa

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says it is important that people pay health care costs that are fair, especially those who are self-insured or uninsured. He adds that the current system drives people to acquire insurance plans that are more expensive than what they can afford. (:71)
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Clyburn: Cost Of Doing Nothing Outweighs Cost Of Health Reform

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) says Congress shouldn't worry about the cost of health care reform, but rather what it will cost if Congress does not pass legislation (0:11).
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House Dem. Accuses GOP Of Clinging To The Status Quo

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) accuses the Republicans of clinging to the status quo through their opposition to health care reform. He says that when the Republicans try to stop President Obama and health care legislation from moving forward they are really "stopping the American people". (0:27).
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Health Care Is About Making Americans Financially Secure Says Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that health care is about making Americans healthier and more economically secure, and giving them more choices (0:12).
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Democrat Sarbanes Says Gov't Bargaining Power Can Reduce Drug Costs

Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) says that the government should use its "terrific bargaining power" when dealing with pharmaceutical companies in order to lower drug costs for Americans. (0:26)
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Schumer: We Need To Get Something Done With Health Care

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Congress must overcome obstacles standing in the way of health care reform, and get something done. He says the current system isn't working, or it's just getting to the point that it won't work in the next decade. (0:19)
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Health Care Is About The People Says Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) explains that health care reform is not abstract, it's about the people. “Our opponents aren’t talking about the real families and the real problems these families have,” he says. (0:36)
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Boehner Says Obamacare WIll Force Americans Onto Gov't Plan

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that President Obama will claim in his press conference Wednesday evening that health care reform will allow Americans to keep their plan. However, Boehner says that the proposal will actually force Americans into using the government plan. (:31)
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Giuliani: Dems Choosing Ideology Over Reality With Health Care

Former New York City Mayor Giuliani says that it does not make sense to borrow health care systems from places where people are dying from lack of care when the U.S. already has the best, allbeit slightly flawed, care system in the world. Giuliani argues that it must be because the Democrats are placing ideology over reality. (0:21)
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Republican Fallin: Obama Should Clarify Position On Abortion Funding

Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.) calls upon President Obama to specify whether or not he intends to use the health care reform bill to fund abortions with taxpayer dollars (0:25).
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Republican Smith Likens Health Care Plan To Roe v. Wade

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) says President Obama's health care plan will do more for abortion than any other government action since Roe v. Wade due to the fact that it does not exclude taxpayer funding of abortion (0:27).
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Obama To Blame If Health Reform Doesn't Pass, Says Cantor

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), says President Obama has no one but himself and his administration to blame for the lack of support for the Democrats' health care proposals. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says it is time for the Administration and House Democrats to come together with the House Republicans to work out a health care proposal that will work for America. (0:19)
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