Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, for Talk Radio News Service.
Immediately following today’s deliberations on the Senate floor, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) says Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) is always present, whether he is on the floor or not. Rockefeller points out that the Health Information Technology provision was not eliminated, but cut from seven billion dollars to five billion dollars. Asked about the “Buy American” provision, he discusses the great harm to West Virginia following NAFTA. He acknowledges to another reporter that the calls to his office are predominantly against the stimulus bill. He believes that more opportunity to discuss the merits of the bill with his constituents, or visible results, would reverse that trend. Listen
Sen. Rockefeller is Generally Satisfied with the Compromises on the Stimulus Bill
Immediately following today’s deliberations on the Senate floor, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) says Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) is always present, whether he is on the floor or not.
Rockefeller points out that the Health Information Technology provision was not eliminated, but cut from seven billion dollars to five billion dollars.
Asked about the “Buy American” provision, he discusses the great harm to West Virginia following NAFTA.
He acknowledges to another reporter that the calls to his office are predominantly against the stimulus bill. He believes that more opportunity to discuss the merits of the bill with his constituents, or visible results, would reverse that trend.
Listen