GOP Congressmen Object To Obamacare

By Joseph Russell- Talk Radio News Service

Republican Congressmen had harsh words for President Obama’s heightened call for health care reform on Monday. Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Charles Boustany (R- La.) said the GOP will “vigorously oppose” a government takeover of health care, and called the Democrats’ health care proposal a “disaster” and the “wrong prescription” for America.

“Let me just say, I know that the administration continues to focus on a deadline of passing this legislation before we adjourn for the August recess,” Pence said. “But the President needs to come off it.”

Both Congressmen emphasized that Republicans want health care reform, but called Obama’s proposal “disastrous for the American people.” Pence and Boustany highlighted several areas of contention, including the cost of the bill, both in dollars and jobs.

“The President needs to stop using fear tactics and get it right,” Boustany said. “It doesn’t go nearly far enough in controlling costs, and the growth of costs in health care,” he added.

Pence asserted reform needs to be well thought out and should “take longer than a week,” adding that several Democrats have issues with the bill as well. Boustany said most Blue Dog Democrats do not like the bill, claiming “there is a lot of disgruntlement among the other side.”

The Obama administration has claimed in recent weeks that Republicans have nothing to fear. However, the August deadline will be increasingly harder to meet as more and more lawmakers start to raise questions about the legislation.