Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) lists ten things that he would like to see included in any major piece of healthcare reform legislation. Led by House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Republicans are expected to unveil a healthcare plan of their own by the end of this week. (:53)
Rep. Steve King (R-(Iowa) says that he is not surprised that President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan will cost so much to implement. King recalls hearing the President say that he believes FDR’s New Deal would have been more successful if more money had been spent on it. King calls Obama a “Keynesian economist on steroids.” (:25)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other GOP leaders in the House are urging constituents who oppose the House’s health reform bill to come to Washington, D.C. on Thursday to speak out against the Democratically-backed healthcare reform bill. King says he wants folks to storm the Capitol as well as congressional offices of lawmakers who support the bill to respectfully and peacefully prevent them from taking up debate on the bill. (:39)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other GOP leaders in the House have invited well-known conservative figures such as actor John Voight and talk show host Mark Levin, in addition to constituents, to the Capitol on Thursday. King and his colleagues are calling on Americans who oppose the House’s health reform bill to come to Capitol Hill on Thursday, the day on which the House is scheduled to take up debate on the legislation. (:24)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other House Republicans are encouraging constituents to flood the Capitol on Thursday afternoon to voice their opposition to the House healthcare reform bill. King says Americans who oppose the legislation must make their voices be heard in Washington on Thursday, the day on which the House is scheduled to take up debate on the bill. (:55)
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) said during a phone conference Tuesday that health care reform is necessary to help small businesses insure employees in rural communities. (0:23)
Dennis Smith with the Heritage Foundation says that big decisions, such as health care, should be left to the smallest forms of government – i.e. individual members of the public. Smith argues that Americans are living in a whole new world in terms of government intervention and spending.
The Heritage Foundation’s Dennis Smith says that healthcare reform is just the tip of the iceberg for those concerned about government spending. Smith says that by 2029, the Federal government will be responsible for roughly 20% of all U.S. spending. (:27)
Dennis Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says that Americans will be “shocked” to wake up and discover that the government is forcing them to purchase health insurance. (:19)
The Heritage Foundation’s Dennis Smith says that healthy Americans, particularly young folks, are not going to embrace being forced to spend their money on something they don’t think they need. (:40)
