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I Believe Strongly That The Opportunity Is Here For Us In America To Finally Have A Healthcare System That We Can Really Be Proud Of. But It's Got To Be One Where Everybody Is Involved. Everybody: Consumers, Employers, Providers, Health-insurance Companies, Everybody.

Sequestration Is Leverage That Should Not Be Given Up Easily.

I Think I Can Speak For Every Senator, Saying That He Or She Ran For The Senate Because We Want To Help Make This A Better Place; That Is, We Want To Help Our States And Help America.

Fundamentally, Legislation That Is Historic, That Is Comprehensive, That Has A Large Number Of Senators Supporting It Is More Durable.

The Social Security Trust Fund Is In Pretty Good Shape Today And We Should Not Embark Upon Risky, Dangerous Schemes Which Will, In Fact, Undermine Social Security, Such As Privatization.