Mississippi Gov Says All States Worried About Gov't-Run Health Care

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says that all governors, including ones that are Democratic, are worried that government-run health care will punish small businesses and will cost too much (0:41).
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GOP'er Blunt Says Dems Have Not Engaged Republicans On Health Care

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) says there has been no forum for debate between parties regarding health care reform, and adds that Republicans have been trying to engage Democrats on the issue for the past six months (0:46).
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GOP'er Barton Chides Dems Over Health Care Bill Holdup

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) says Republicans have pages and pages worth of health care proposals sitting in boxes in the Rayburn House building. He says Democrats are wrong to criticize the GOP over not having any solid health proposals when the Democrats can't even get their massive 1,018 page bill out of committee (0:25).
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Canadian Citizen Says Current U.S. Health Care System Is Solid

Shona Holmes, a Canadian citizen who is against American health care reform, says that Canadians rely on U.S. health care because the Canadian government does not take care of its citizens (0:28).
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Cantor Says Obama Presenting Americans With A False Choice

House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) says President Obama is presenting Americans a false choice with respect to government-run health care, and argues that there is another way (0:45).
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Boehner Says Health Care Bill Will Create More Job Loss

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says that a payroll tax within the Democrats' health care proposal will eliminate 5 million additional U.S. jobs (0:34).
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CFTC Chairman Recommends New Regulatory Bodies

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler recommends two new "regimes" to regulate the financial market and oversee derivatives. (0:24).
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GOP'er Garrett Questions Proposed Financial Reform

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) says before financial reform is passed, members of Congress need to evaluate its purpose to ensure it is done right (0:21)
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Congressman Says Nobody Read Latest Version Of Health Care Bill

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says that even though the heath care bill was never read, it passed through the Ways and Means Committee. Ryan says there was not nearly enough time to read the bill in its entirety, nor was the committee able to conclude how much it would cost (0:15).
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Congressman Says Health Care Reform Should Respect Free Market Principles

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says that the current version of health care reform is being rushed through Congress and goes against free market principles. Ryan stresses that health care reform should guarantee human dignity and individual choice (0:42)
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GOP Congressman Says Republican Approved Patient's Choice Act Is More Effective Than Current Proposal

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says there is an alternative to the health care reform legislation proposed by congressional Democrats. Ryan praises a proposal made by Republicans, the Patient's Choice Act, which he says will spend funds more wisely and more effectively (0:31).
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Sotomayor Says Her Record Speaks For Itself

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor says her record speaks for itself, and that the rule of law is the foundation of justice (0:18).
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Sotomayor Predicts How History Will Judge Her

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonya Sotomayor says she hopes history will show that she was a fair judge. (0:20)
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Bloomberg Says Agreement Should Not Be The Standard For Appointing Judges

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he does not agree with Judge Sonia Sotomayor all the time, but agreement should not be standard for approving judges (0:25).
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New Haven Firefighter Says Sotomayor Was Wrong To Reject His Lawsuit

Firefighter Frank Ricci asserts that he and other white firefighters were treated unjustly by the city of New Haven, and were right to file a racial discrimination challenge which was later rejected by a panel of judges that included Sonia Sotmayor. (0:47)
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Clinton Wants More Tax Dollars Going Towards Foreign Aid

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says U.S. foreign aid has not helped other nations as it should, and calls for the U.S. to direct more tax dollars towards helping other nations in need (0:21).
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Clinton Says U.S. Will Improve Global Security

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. will improve global security by improving material conditions throughout the world (0:15).
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Clinton Says The U.S. WIll Reform Global Governance

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the current global alignment reflects an old world, so the U.S. will seek to relign global governance (0:42).
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Clinton Decries "Take It Or Leave It" Approach To Foreign Policy

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. should abandon its "you're either with us or against us" policy towards its allies. Clinton adds that the U.S. must keep working with its Asian partners on reaching a multilateral agreement on how to handle North Korea (0:40).
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GOP Congressman Compares Democrat's Spending To Ponzi Scheme

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) says the Democrats' spending proposals are outlandish, and compares them to a Ponzi scheme. (0:34)
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