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Pelosi House Leaders, Committee Chairs Remarks at Press Conference on America's Affordable Health Choices Act
Date:7/17/2009

ed before, the endorsement of the nurses, so many organizations, and that list continues.

"We are very proud of the reform in the package, very proud of the cost savings -- of course we want more.

"And we'd be pleased to take any questions."

Q: [Inaudible. Question about three Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee who voted against the bill.]

Chairman Rangel. The Ways and Means Committee -- we had one of the most civil discussions. The amendments that the Republicans raised were substantive and not political and it's unfortunate that we could not come together with one bill that we could negotiate. But this is just the beginning. We don't know what else is going on and if you listen to the three Democrats that didn't vote with us, you would get the impression that they were just waiting for the opportunity to be able to do that.

So I felt very comfortable as Republicans and Democrats, who didn't vote alike, recognized the need to get together on health reform. And we're not there yet.

Q: [Inaudible. Question about being able to pass health care.]

Chairman Rangel. Well I think that Steny Hoyer said it, "yes we will."

Speaker Pelosi. Yes we will. And George, do you want to speak to that?

Chairman Miller. Well, I concur on what Chairman Rangel said that throughout our very long 20-hour markup, we expected a number of amendments from the Republicans. We worked out arrangements to work on amendments that we did not accept that we thought had merit -- they thought had merit. Their staffs are getting together to do that.

And so, I'm not sure that they ever end up voting for the kind of health care that President Obama has presented to the nation. The kind of security that he's presented, the kind of cost-cutting that
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