Senate Proceeding on Sep 30th, 2009 :: 0:34:05 to 0:37:15
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Robert Bennett: begin to vote on the bill. what do you see coming down the pike, senator mr. bennett: mr. president, i have said repeatedly that i would vote against my own bill, even if it were to pass the senate unanimously, unless there were an ironclad guarantee -- iron is not strong enough. carbon and marble guarantee from

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Speech By: Robert Bennett

0:34:22 to 0:34:45( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: the president that he would veto a conference report that came back that did not have the kinds of protections that i think my bill has. because i agree completely with the senator from arizona, the big fear here is that we craft something in the senate that is reasonable and then submit it to a conference and it comes back in the conference report that is

0:34:46 to 0:35:06( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: not amendable, and it gets passedy a majority vote here and we're stuck with it. so, as important as it is that we try to get the senate bill right, we must recognize that there are two houses of congress and at the moment the other body is view, the degree of analysis

0:35:07 to 0:35:28( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: that we're trying to get going here in the senate. and the house bill is, in my view, completely, completely unacceptable. if i could pick up, mr. president, on the comment about the being done with respect to medicaid, i will add the

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Robert Bennett: experience from the state of utah to the experience that has been referred to for other states. in utah an expansion of medicaid as outlined in the finance committee bill would mean anywhere from an additional $150 million to $248 million to utah taxpayers.

0:35:51 to 0:36:11( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: i realize that in a state like california, that is multibillions of dollars in debt, an strars extra$150 million to an extra $250 million is not a lot of money but in utah it's a significant amount of money, and we need to pay attention to the fact that he havery state is facing those kinds of significant increases -- that every

0:36:12 to 0:36:33( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: facing those kinds of significant increases. i would call the attention of the senate to an analysis that is in today's "congressional quarterly" or c.q. today dated september 30, talking about the bill as it's moving through the finance committee. i quote -- "under current law,

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Robert Bennett: taxpayers can deduct expenses that exceed 7.5% of their adjusted gross income. under the baucus original proposal, that floor would have been raised to 10% starting in 2013." unquote. and then further -- quote -- "according to data from the joint committee on taxation, 45%

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Robert Bennett: of the taxpayers affected and 53% of the change would come from people 65 and over." close quote. so, for those w and we read about paper all the time -- why are the elderly upset? they have medicare.