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» Hoyer Talks about House Vote on Health Care on MSNBC, November 07, 2009 We think we'll have 218 by the time we vote on this bill later on this afternoon or early this evening. We think that all the members of the Democratic Caucus without exception believe that we need to pass major health care reform so that we can make health care affordable and accessible for all Americans... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Discussing the House Health Care Bill on MSNBC, November 06, 2009 Frankly, the Republicans createded what is called the medicare advantage. Medicare advantage has private sector. It's overpaid. Almost everybody believes it's overpaid by 10% to as much as 25% or 30%... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Health Care Reform and Afghanistan Topics of Discussion on MSNBC, October 22, 2009 I certainly think that when the House passes a Bill, and you know, Ed, we said we're going to give substantial notice to people, so we have days to go before we put this of the Floor, but when we pass this Bill, it will give us momentum. It will send a signal to the Senate that we believe the overwhelming majority of the American public want health reform... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Discussion of Health Legislation in Congress on MSNBC, October 01, 2009 I think we will have the Speaker absolutely correct and I think we will have a public option and the difference is how exactly will that public option be framed and there is a difference between the Ways and Means Committee and the vergence of the public option and the energy in commerce public option. We'll get those worked out and I think she's absolutely right, we'll have a public option and, yes, if the Senate Bill does not include a public option, we have to work that out in conference... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Talks on the Health Care Plan Debate on Fox, September 29, 2009 In the House of Representatives, I think there's broad agreement that a public option is a very important alternative, which will help to be more competitive environment, bring prices down, and assure availability and insurance for individuals and businesses and families... [TRANSCRIPT]

» On MSNBC Informing of Progress on the Health Care Bill, September 21, 2009 I think Boehner's wrong. I think it is going to pass. We're working very hard on it. I've been working hard on it just today. We're going to be working hard on it tomorrow and the next day and the day after until we get this passed. Clearly, Ed, as you and I both know, the American public is very conflicted, they're very worried that what they have now which they feel some degree of confidence in, they know the prices are going up, they know they're going up very fast and they're going up so fast they may be priced out of the market... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Efforts in Congress to Pass Health Reform Bill Discussed on WJLA, September 16, 2009 [TRANSCRIPT]

» Floor Speech in Response to Resolution Disapproving of Rep. Wilson's Outburst, September 15, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen of the House, none of us, none of us is happy to be here considering this resolution. I know I am not. At the same time, my colleagues, what is at issue here is of importance to this House and to our country. And that issue is whether we are able to proceed with a degree of civility and decorum that our rules and our democracy contemplate and require. The House code of conduct requires that each member, every one of us, each and every one of us conduct himself, and i'm quoting from the rule, at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Remarks on Obama's Speech and Public Option on CNN, September 11, 2009 We want to see a public option coming out of the Conference Committee. What I have said is there's a lot in this bill that is very good, in addition to the public option, and we ought not to just focus on that. However, our objective is to have, as the President indicated in his State of the Union, an option that will bring down costs, will give people an option that they might not otherwise have to make sure that they have affordable quality health care accessible to them... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Impression of Obama's Health Care Speech on Morning Joe, September 10, 2009 In the polls I have seen this morning, they did respond all over the country very positively to this speech. The President did what he needed to do first of all he made it very clear there is a very big problem. We've got to deal with that the present system is not sustainable from a financial standpoint for individuals, for families, for businesses, small, medium and large and for the government... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Gives Speech on the Passing of Svend Auken on the House Floor, September 08, 2009 I rise to mark the death of a good friend and a good friend of America. Svend who died last month after a long struggle with cancer. He was the first Vice President of the Danish Parliament and was a political legend in his country. I had the opportunity to meet and work closely with Svend on many occasions, most recently when he was one of my gracious hosts on a trip to Denmark this May... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Leader Hoyer on Health Care Compromise on Bloomberg, July 30, 2009 I think the Bill that is being marked up now will go under the votes of the Majority of the members of committee. We then have two other Bills that have to be put together with this one. The Blue Dogs had a different perspective, and that is the legislative process. We have brought this to get there hopefully and we will move forward... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Talking Numbers Behind Health Care Reform on MSNBC, July 29, 2009 I think the American public has been watching a part of the debate both in the Senate and the House and they see a lot of different opinions. But I think they understand and that poll reflects it that they want a health care reform bill. 94% of them you say are concerned that we won't get the job done. I want to assure them we're going to get the job done. And as you said, a little earlier, we made significant progress last night. The Energy and Commerce Committee is back at the table marking up their bill... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Leader Hoyer on Reforming Health Care on CNN, July 27, 2009 ...the current system is not sustainable. The current system does not include all Americans, and the current system is too expensive and it's not sustainable over the long term. So, we've got to bring the cost curve down, lot of discussion about that. We've got to make sure every American has access to affordable quality health care. We've got to make sure the pre-existing conditions don't preclude people from getting insurance that they need. And we've got to make sure small business can afford insurance. Those are the objectives. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Building Support for Statutory Pay-go on House Floor, July 22, 2009 I want to say to Ed Lorenzen who worked with Charlie Stenholm on this proposition for over a decade, thank you for the work you have done. I want to say to my Blue Dog friends, thank you for your leadership. And I want to say to my progressive friends who understand the ramifications of spending deficits that adversely affect the most lnerable in our country, vote against this m.t.r., vote for this statutory pay-go, let us get back on the road to fiscal responsibility... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Defining the Health Reform Bill Deadline on CNBC, July 22, 2009 We want to get it through the House by the time we leave for the August break. But that just means the House Bill. That does not mean getting it done. Obviously the Senate has to pass a Bill, we have to go to Congress. The Senate and the House have to agree on one version, and then we have to pass it again through both Houses. The conference sends it to the President. So October is really the target date in terms of a signature by the President. So getting it done would be they're getting it done initially in the House or getting it done finally... [TRANSCRIPT]

» House Floor Speech on Pay-As-You-Go Budget Rules, July 22, 2009 I said the other night he was my friend, but friends have disagreements, and on this, on fiscal policy, we have had a significant disagreement. I have heard a lot of speakers on this floor talk about how this Bill doesn't get us to where we want to get. I have heard a lot of people talk about how we have four exceptions in this Bill. Most of the people have talked about the four exceptions in this Bill, have repeatedly talked over the last four, five years as to how this was current baseline spending and certainly we didn't have to pay for current baseline spending, i.e. continuing taxes in place... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Overcoming Health Care Reform Hurdles on Fox News, July 22, 2009 What people will continue to do is continue to work on this because a failure for the American people is not an option. We know that we need health care reform. As a matter of fact, as you know the issue in the last Presidential campaign is very much centered on health care reform. Senator McCain, Senator Obama, all of the Presidential candidates. It is no doubt that this was a huge issue for the American people, they wanted to accomplish the objective of bringing the costs down for families, businesses, and individuals. So many Americans are getting health care but not paying, others are having to pay the bill for them... [TRANSCRIPT]

» House Leaders Release America's Affordable Health Choices Act, July 20, 2009 House Democratic Leaders and Committee Chairs discuss the new healthcare reform bill...

» Discussing Congress' Health-Care Proposals on MSNBC, July 17, 2009 Let me say that I think the headlines today and the CBO's observations certainly are critically important for us to look at. One of the main objectives of this legislation is to bring health care costs down. Not only for individuals and families, which I think it will do, but also for governments. The President has said the present cost curve is not sustainable. We have to bring it down... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Talks on Health Reform Bill Progress on Fox News, July 16, 2009 I worked closely with them. They're all for health care reform, as was John McCain and Barack Obama. This was during the course of the campaign last year. The issue they have is a specific in terms of ways of doing that, and they are discussing that. They will have the votes for some changes in the Bill. I am not sure. The Bills could be marked up over the next four days or five days and we will see, but certain and that the Blue Dogs want to vote for health. They need to make sure that everyone in America has access to affordable health care... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Reaction to Senate Panel Passing Health Reform Bill on MSNBC, July 15, 2009 I think we need to remember this. Some people say gee, this is being popped up in a short period of time. During the last year, 2008, John McCain, Hillary Clinton and President Obama all talked about health reform being a major objective of their administrations should they be elect President . So every one of the major candidates said this is where we ought to go. It wasn't that they agreed on every facet of every bill, but they said we must have health care reform... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer and Boehner Talk about the Economy and Healthcare on Fox News, July 05, 2009 I think this is the most productive six months that I served in the Congress of the United Sates. I think the President put down a program and Democrats and the Congress supported programs which is exactly responsive to the last election what the American people wanted. Change we can believe in and wanted us to address the economy... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Details Discussed of Climate Change Bill on Fox News, June 26, 2009 The fact of the matter is, though, that there's no tax in this bill. This is an attempt through the free market system to address the global warming issue to make us energy independent and to focus on innovation and the development of renewable energy sources which will make us energy independent in the future which is critical for our national security... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Energy Independence and National Security Talks on Bloomberg, June 26, 2009 We think this is a critically important, historic day to move on some very critically important issues. One is our national security. We cannot continue to be held hostage to those from abroad who are supplying us with an overwhelming percentage of our energy needs. We also have to meet the global warming crisis that confronts us for these two issues are critical. This bill is a step, an important step, to meet these two challenges... [TRANSCRIPT]

 

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