Blue Dog Democrat: Health Care Negotiations Becoming "Very, Very Hard"

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 8:00PM
Staff in Congress, News/Commentary, blue dog, health care reform, health care reform legislation, waxman

As the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s fiscally conscious Blue Dog Democrats and Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) continue to struggle for a compromise on the Committee’s draft of health care reform legislation, one Blue Dog shared her insight on the process.

“I think this is getting hard. Very, very hard,” Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) told reporters Tuesday. “The clock is ticking...but there are big differences over the view on the best way to get to health care reform.”

While Harman serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, she is not one of the seven Blue Dogs currently involved in the negotiations. Harman stated that while she does sympathize with her fellow Blue Dogs over cost concerns, she favors a “robust public option”.

Article originally appeared on Talk Radio News Service: News, Politics, Media (http://www.talkradionews.com/).