Finally, a Democrat tells the truth about the Republicans to their faces on the floor of the House:
In a discussion of the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, apparently speaking on Rep. Peter DeFazio’s (D.-OR) time, Weiner laughs and says, “You know, you gotta love these Republicans. You guys have chutzpah.”
Then Weiner yells that the Republican Party “are a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry.” Some discussion is heard offscreen, which we thought was Republicans asking for the Yiddish to be translated, but after Weiner bounces around yelling for a while and then repeats the subsidiary charge, Rep. Daniel Lundgren (R.-CA) demands he withdraw the remarks.
Weiner says, “You really don’t want to go here, Mr. Lundgren,” The chair sends Weiner to the penalty box.
This all happens in the first minute. Much fumf-fumf as Weiner prepares to revise his remarks. Then, around 2:30, he does so: “Every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry!” Then he gets challenged and has to revise again.
If only all our reps would speak the unvarnished truth like Weiner does!!!
Repubs are insurance and Dems are lawyers…is why they do not want tort reform.
That and the fact that tort reform would only reduce costs by 1.5%, at best.
So true Jon! I was thinking about this whole “tort reform as the answer to the health care crisis” proposition after the summit last week. So if KFC was protected from lawsuits arising from them using rat poison instead of salt on your Krispie Krunchies, how much would the price of a bucket decrease? Not all that much, I’m guessing. I don’t see how keeping people from being able to sue because their nurse switched their IV with one that produced fatal hemorrhaging or because their surgeon was drunk will reverse the upward spiral in the cost of access to health care.
Funny how the news media didn’t really give it too much attention. I may have heard it one time and I am a news junky. Was my tv off that day?