Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair and New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez released the following statement after President Obama’s health care reform speech to Congress:
Tonight the President was clear and compelling in outlining his vision for health care reform. He was inspiring and he was persuasive. But when it comes to this issue, nobody needs to be convinced that we need to take action.
He went on to say Republicans would “pay an electoral price” if they continued getting in the way of reform.
I hope for the sake of the country that Republicans choose to work with us instead of against us. If Republicans continue their strategy of standing in the way at every turn, there is no doubt they will pay an electoral price. Elections are about accountability and giving voters a choice. If Republicans insist on reflexively obstructing the President, by next November Democrats will have worked hard to fix the economy and address astronomical health care costs, while Republicans didn’t lift a finger on either issue.
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