Lungren Appeals for Bipartisanship in Strengthening Consumer Protections in Health Care

Congressman Lungren, using bipartisan language from former Judiciary Chairman Jack Brooks (D-TX), introduced an amendment which was passed out of the Judiciary Committee with unanimous support strengthening consumer protections and allow greater competition in repealing the antitrust immunity for health insurance. Unfortunately, this strengthening language was inexplicably removed from the final version of the legislation. Lungren says, "So I don't know why you're doing this. I don't know if there's a political reason for it. I don't know if it's because I am Republican. I'll give it up. Any Democrat that wants to add their name to it can add their name to Jack Brooks and present it on the floor, but this kind of sillyness on this floor has got to stop. You ask for bipartisanship and you throw it away. We complete bipartisanship in the Committee and you ignore it."

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[kadrmas21]

Go get them Dan. Dan is talking to the democrats, if you watch the full speech, Dan is responding to what the democrats said and did. Their argument does not need to be listened to. They cut out an amendment and then tried to act like it was still in the bill.

[drellgor]

Who is he talking to? Why are the videos so short? I want to hear the other side of the argument. These small excerpts seem more like propaganda than news.