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Date:7/31/2009

insurance industry is the biggest opponent, the biggest opponent, of this legislation passing and with a public option in it. Because they know that the glory days are over of them. The leverage has switched to the consumer -- Congress and the President will remove the insurance industry from coming between the patient and his or her doctor.

Q: [Inaudible. Question on misrepresentations in health insurance reform debate.]

Speaker Pelosi. Is that what I called it? Did I call it that? I'm reluctant to ... Do you want to respond to that? [Laughter.]

Congressman Van Hollen. What we talked about was the not coming but ongoing campaign of distortions and disinformation that you see out there throughout the country. Because what the opponents of reforming the system are engaged in is the same kind of misinformation battles that they waged in previous years, back in the 1990s, even when we talked about reforming Medicare which we're pleased to celebrate the anniversary just a few days ago of the passage of Medicare.

You saw the same kind of tactics used. Sometimes they have been successful; fortunately, Medicare is a great example of where they were not successful. And we want to make sure that when our Members go home, they have the information they need and they do have the information they need, to talk to the American people about what this health reform legislation means for them.

As the Speaker said, it will bring down people's health care costs by providing more choice and competition. And it will make sure that people are not denied the coverage that insurance companies now denied through their own form of rationing health care. So, we're going to make sure that when our Members go back home, that they are going to be talking to their constituents and the American people about the importance of health care reform. Because as the President and ot
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