Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) has made an interesting public admission: That the upcoming effort by House Republicans to completely repeal health care reform — which is set to be voted on in the House on January 12 — will not actually succeed and become law. But with that said, he explained that the vote is still an important step.
Price was interviewed last night on Fox News by Greta Van Susteren, who asked him: “What’s the likelihood you’d pass this, and you could even override a veto from the White House? I mean — and to what extent is this show-and-tell?”
“It’s not show-and-tell,” Price replied, saying that it would be “fulfilling a promise to the American people,” that they would vote to repeal it.
“Now, is it likely to — is the repeal likely to become law? No. I think the Senate ought to pass it — because I think that would be representing their constituents — but I doubt that the president would sign it. And if he did [veto it], it would be extremely difficult to override a veto on the Senate side.
“But that’s not the point. The point is, is that the House of Representatives, the body closest to the people in our federal system of government, is saying, We recognize that you have grave concerns about this bill — that you don’t like this, that you believe that it ought to be repealed. And the House is gonna listen — contrary to what happened before — listen to the American people — and we’re gonna vote to repeal.”
