Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) released a statement saying President Obama’s speech on health care to Congress “cut through the smokescreen of distortions and outright lies that too frequently dominated the debate in August.”
He told us his vision for what we need to do, and set out specific approaches for moving forward that includes both Republican and Democratic ideas. And he made it clear he will use his prestige and all his considerable leadership and communication skills to achieve a meaningful health care reform bill that will affect every American. I am ready to do all I can to work with the President and my colleagues in the House and Senate to pass this legislation and enact it into law.
