Reps. Garrett v. Weiner on health care

MYFOXNY.COM - A vote on the health care reform bill in the U.S. House of Representatives is expected for Sunday.

The debate is reaching a high point among legislators including Congressmen Anthony Weiner and Scott Garrett. They battled it out on Good Day NY.

Weiner: I've done 16 town hall meetings about this. We've gone through that period when people were angry to were people want to understand it. We need to solve the problem of uninsured people.

Garrett: This bill is not good for people in the area. At the end of the day Anthony will be voting no.

Weiner: The last person I'll listen to about my constituents is Congressman Garrett. Not a single Republican is going to do anything about reeling in the insurance industry.

Garrett: There is bi-partisan opposition to this bill. We need to find parts of it that will bring health care down.

Rosanna Scotto: If you vote yes, will you pay for it?

Weiner: There has been a systematic campaign of disinformation about this bill. Republicans have said they think this is President Obama's Waterloo. Of our Democrats we have at least 230 who support it. I don't believe members of Congress are being bought for their votes. Sometimes legislation is a philosophical thing. Republicans philosophically believe they're here to help insurance companies and Democrats philosophically believe they're here to help the people.

Garrett: Many of the deals cut were cut by Democrats.

Scotto: But even President Obama knew he couldn't go away to deal with this. Will you opt out of federal insurance?

Weiner: I get the same insurance as every federal employee. No one can opt out of the exchange unless they want it.

Scotto: Didn't they put the exemption in the bill that Congress is exempted.

Garrett: Why don't you say take any exemption out of the bill for Congress?

Weiner: This whole notion about gold plated insurance .. you've got to stop believing that. My constituents understand that we pay for those rates that go up. We're trying to bring them down.

Garrett: You will not let any of our bills come up. Some of the worst elements of this bill you people put in.

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[seawolf88]

That a boy Anthony! Tell it like it is!

[TheFrankFactor]

There are two kinds of Democrats opposing this reform: Scumbag corporate shills and true Progressives. Kucinich and Sanders want a real bill for the People. The Blue Dogs are Republican Lite scum. Republicans and Blue Dogs defend corporate power.

[caseyjonas86]

@TheFrankFactor Haha, Barney Frank, perhaps?

[yourlogicalfriend]

i love weiner!

[xmarine521]

it's a moral disgrace we don't take care of our citizens and health care is for the rich while the insurance companies post obscene record profits, and short sighted, a healthy, secure country is a STRONG country.

[portlanddem]

Hey Garrett: why don't you drop your SOCIALIZED federal health care coverage you've been spooning off the American taxpayers?!?!?!?!

Fucking hypocrite!!!

[IrishKyokushin]

LOL@That whole "its defecit reducing" bullshit. Only a retard believes that.

[VdrivnRXD]

@kingbane2 haha true...but if she didn't it wouldn't give Anthony a chance to tear apart the arguments made by garrett

[kingbane2]

why does that bitch always interrupt anthony weiner but never interrupts the lying pos garrett... oooh right this is faux news.....

[truckerfromreno]

The illusion of American democracy. Very funny for un-brainwashed.