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Oklahoma delegation sends a resounding ‘no’ to Pelosi
By Andrew Griffin on November 9, 2009
Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
andrew@oklahomawatchdog.org
OKLAHOMA CITY – It was refreshing to see Oklahoma’s congressional delegation – Republican Reps. John Sullivan, Frank Lucas, Mary Fallin and Tom Cole along with Democrat Rep. Dan Boren – vote “no” against the Pelosi-Obama health care bill.
The House bill, sneakily passed late Saturday night and approved with a vote of 220-215 – with lone Republican Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao of a New Orleans district voting in favor of it – faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
Rep. Fallin, who is also running for governor of Oklahoma, said in an email dispatch to voters, soon after the vote, that she voted “no” on the health care bill, saying that “a government-run health care system is not the answer.”
Continuing, Fallin said, “Speaker Pelosi and President Obama have produced a 2000-page bureaucratic nightmare that will increase taxes, spend more, and do nothing to alleviate the high cost of health care that is threatening family budgets and hurting small businesses.”
While Fallin was not available to speak with Oklahoma Watchdog on Monday, her message was clear.
The other House members echoed Fallin’s sentiments and the bill’s serious problems.
Talking to The Oklahoman, Sullivan said: “Let’s be very clear about what this bill does: It writes the American people a prescription for disaster by spending more, taxing more and letting Washington bureaucrats make health care decisions that are better left to you and your families.”
Lucas noted that Pelosi and her leadership team “have once again ignored the will of the people and forced this trillion dollar government taxkevoer of our health care system on them.”
Cole called the bill a “giant step backwards” while Boren said he has told his constituents that he “could not vote for health care legislation that included a public option, burdensome mandates on businesses or the possibility of taxpayer funded abortion.”
It is good to the Oklahoma delegation – Republican and Democrat alike – standing firm for Oklahomans. We expect when the bill goes to the Senate, Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe will cast a “no” vote as well.
Copyright 2009 Oklahoma Watchdog
By Andrew Griffin on November 9, 2009
Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
andrew@oklahomawatchdog.org
OKLAHOMA CITY – It was refreshing to see Oklahoma’s congressional delegation – Republican Reps. John Sullivan, Frank Lucas, Mary Fallin and Tom Cole along with Democrat Rep. Dan Boren – vote “no” against the Pelosi-Obama health care bill.
The House bill, sneakily passed late Saturday night and approved with a vote of 220-215 – with lone Republican Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao of a New Orleans district voting in favor of it – faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
Rep. Fallin, who is also running for governor of Oklahoma, said in an email dispatch to voters, soon after the vote, that she voted “no” on the health care bill, saying that “a government-run health care system is not the answer.”
Continuing, Fallin said, “Speaker Pelosi and President Obama have produced a 2000-page bureaucratic nightmare that will increase taxes, spend more, and do nothing to alleviate the high cost of health care that is threatening family budgets and hurting small businesses.”
While Fallin was not available to speak with Oklahoma Watchdog on Monday, her message was clear.
The other House members echoed Fallin’s sentiments and the bill’s serious problems.
Talking to The Oklahoman, Sullivan said: “Let’s be very clear about what this bill does: It writes the American people a prescription for disaster by spending more, taxing more and letting Washington bureaucrats make health care decisions that are better left to you and your families.”
Lucas noted that Pelosi and her leadership team “have once again ignored the will of the people and forced this trillion dollar government taxkevoer of our health care system on them.”
Cole called the bill a “giant step backwards” while Boren said he has told his constituents that he “could not vote for health care legislation that included a public option, burdensome mandates on businesses or the possibility of taxpayer funded abortion.”
It is good to the Oklahoma delegation – Republican and Democrat alike – standing firm for Oklahomans. We expect when the bill goes to the Senate, Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe will cast a “no” vote as well.
Copyright 2009 Oklahoma Watchdog
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