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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) restated his party’s plan to revitalize healthcare, and said he hoped it would be with the support of the Republican minority.

“Republicans are essentially, in my opinion, out of touch with the American people. They began this year by opposing economic recovery legislation…Now we are moving to [a] critical item...health care reform,” said Hoyer during a pen and pad session with reporters Wednesday. “I'm hopeful that we can reach out and work with our Republican colleagues on both of these issues, because they are issues strongly supported by the American people and crying out for a definitive response."

Hoyer stated that lowering health care costs would be a major priority, a goal is shared by the Obama administration. The Majority Leader also offered assurances that individual Americans will still be allowed to choose their healthcare providers.

Hoyer also touched upon fiscal responsibility, describing it as a major concern for both Congress and the President.

"We need to obviously respond to the crisis to stabilize the economy, but that an equal priority is to assuring the fiscal well being of our country and stability of our country and responsibility of our country going forward,” said Hoyer