SENATE FLOOR DEBATE The Senate convenes to resume consideration of H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. Roll call votes are expected to occur throughout the day. 16:00:00 T OF ENACTING H.R. 3590, THE BILL SIGNED BY 16:00:02 THE PRESIDENT, AND THE RECONCILIATION PROPOSAL WOULD 16:00:05 ALSO BE TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS OVER THE 16:00:09 ENSAOURG DECADE -- ENSAOUBG DECADE WITH A TOTAL EFFECT 16:00:13 DURING THAT DECADE WITH A BROAD RANGE AROUND 1% OF GROSS 16:00:17 DOMESTIC PRODUCT. THAT IS ABOUT $1.3 TRILLION. 16:00:21 C.B.O. CONTINUES, "THE INCREMENTAL EFFECT OF ENACTING 16:00:25 THE RECONCILIATION BILL OVER AND ABOVE THE EFFECT OF ENACTING 16:00:29 H.R. 3590 BY ITSELF WOULD THUS BE TO FURTHER REDUCE FEDERAL 16:00:35 BUDGET DEFICITS IN THAT DECADE. WITH AN EFFECT OF A BROAD RANGE 16:00:42 OF ZERO AND 1% OF THE G.D.P." IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEW HEALTH 16:00:48 CARE REFORM LAW WOULD ACCOMPLISH MAJOR DEFICIT REDUCTION. 16:00:52 THIS IS THE C.B.O. TALKING. NOT SENATORS. 16:00:55 DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. DON'T TAKE ANYONE ELSE'S WORD 16:00:59 FOR IT. THIS IS THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 16:01:01 OFFICE. AND THIS RECONCILIATION BILL 16:01:04 ITSELF WOULD ACCOMPLISH MAJOR DEFICIT REDUCTION. 16:01:08 PROBABLY THE GREATEST DEFICIT REDUCTION WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, 16:01:12 MR. PRESIDENT, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, PRECEDING 16:01:16 PERHAPS EIGHT, NINE, 10 YEARS IN THE SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF TIME. 16:01:20 DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A MAJOR DEFICIT 16:01:23 REDUCTION. TOGETHER THESE TWO BILLS WOULD 16:01:25 ACCOMPLISH DEFICIT REDUCTION OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS. 16:01:29 LET ME CONTINUE TO QUOTE THE LETTER FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL 16:01:32 BUDGET OFFICE. QUOTE -- "THE RECONCILIATION 16:01:37 PROPOSAL WOULD CONTINUE TO REDUCE BUDGET DEFICIT RELATIVE 16:01:41 TO THOSE UNDER CURRENT LAW IN SUBSEQUENT DECADES." 16:01:45 NOT JUST THIS PERIOD, NOT JUST THE NEXT DECADE, BUT SUBSEQUENT 16:01:50 DECADES. THIS IS MY EDIT NOW: THIS MEANS 16:01:53 THIS BILL CONTINUES TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT IN YEAR AFTER YEAR 16:01:57 AFTER THE SECOND DECADE ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 16:02:00 BUDGET OFFICE. FINALLY C.B.O. SAYS, AND I QUOTE 16:02:03 -- "IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS THE EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE 16:02:08 TWO BILLS COMBINED THAT WOULD 10 TO DECREASE THE FEDERAL 16:02:12 BUDGETARY COMMITMENT TO HEALTH CARE WOULD GROW FASTER THAN THE 16:02:17 EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE IT. 16:02:20 LET ME REPEAT THAT STATEMENT. IT GETS TO THE FEDERAL 16:02:23 INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS BILL. 16:02:28 AGAIN, -- QUOTE -- "IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS THE EFFECTS OF 16:02:30 THE PROVISION OF THE TWO BILLS COMBINED THAT WOULD TEND TO 16:02:35 DECREASE THE FEDERAL BUDGETARY COMMITMENT TO HEALTH CARE WOULD 16:02:38 GROW FASTER THAN THE EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD 16:02:42 INCREASE IT." FURTHER -- QUOTE -- "AS AN 16:02:47 EFFECT C.B.O. EXPECTS THAT ENACTING BOTH PROPOSAL WOULD 16:02:50 GENERATE A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGETARY COMMITMENT TO HEALTH 16:02:53 CARE DURING THE DECADE FOLLOWING THE BUDGETARY WINDOW." 16:02:59 RELATIVE TO CURRENT LAW. IN OTHER WORDS, MR. PRESIDENT, 16:03:03 C.B.O. SAYS AFTER THE FIRST DECADE, HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL 16:03:07 REDUCE -- YES, REDUCE THE BUDGETARY ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN 16:03:11 THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR. WHO ELSE ARE WE GOING TO TRUST? 16:03:15 WHO ELSE ARE WE GOING TO LISTEN TO? 16:03:18 WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS. THOSE FOLKS AT C.B.O. HAVE SHARP 16:03:23 PENCILS. THEY'RE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. 16:03:25 THEY'RE NONPARTISAN. NOBODY'S QUESTIONED THEIR 16:03:29 PROFESSIONALISM. THEY'RE VERY GOOD AND THIS IS 16:03:31 WHAT C.B.O. SAYS. SO THAT'S IT, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:03:34 C.B.O. SAYS THAT HEALTH CARE REFORM CUTS THE DEFICIT -- LET 16:03:40 ME PAUSE AND LET THAT SINK IN. C.B.O. SAYS THAT HEALTH CARE 16:03:44 REFORM CUTS THE DEFICIT. C.B.O. FURTHER SAYS IT EXPANDS 16:03:49 COVERAGE. MORE PEOPLE GET HEALTH INSURANCE 16:03:52 FROM 83% TO 94%. AND ALSO THIS LEGISLATION 16:03:56 REDUCES THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGETARY ROLE IN HEALTH CARE. 16:04:00 REDUCES. THAT'S QUITE A FEAT, MR. 16:04:03 PRESIDENT. MORE COVERAGE, DEFICIT REDUCTION 16:04:07 AND LESS INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE. 16:04:09 I THINK THE BILL IS -- I THINK THIS BILL IS PRETTY WELL 16:04:14 DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE PURPOSES, CUTS COSTS, 16:04:20 INCREASES COVERAGE AND REFORMS THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET MOST 16:04:24 SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE INDIVIDUAL MARKET AND ALSO IN THE SMALL 16:04:26 GROUP MARKET. MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK THAT THAT 16:04:29 LETTER FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE BE PLACED IN THE 16:04:31 RECORD. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 16:04:34 OBJECTION. MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT, ON 16:04:37 OTHER MATTER, I THINK IT'S RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT. 16:04:42 THIS IS A LETTER FROM AARP DATED MARCH 24th THIS YEAR. 16:04:48 AND IT SAYS, DEAR SENATOR, WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS 16:04:53 ADVANCING HISTORIC, URGENTLY NEEDED HEALTH CARE REFORM 16:04:57 LEGISLATION, BUT WE ARE NOT DONE YET. 16:05:00 THIS IS FROM THE AARP. CONTINUING -- "WE NOW URGE TO 16:05:06 YOU PROMPTLY PASS HEALTH CARE, THE RECONCILIATION AFFORDABILITY 16:05:13 ACT OF 2010 WITHOUT AMENDMENTS." LET ME REPEAT THAT AARP IN A 16:05:19 LETTER DATED MARCH 24th STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT THE 16:05:23 CONGRESS PASS THIS LEGISLATION WITHOUT AMENDMENTS. 16:05:25 THEIR THEIR WORDS, WITHOUT AMENDMENTS, IN ORDER TO MAKE 16:05:28 AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE TO MORE 16:05:31 AMERICANS. THE LETTER IS LONGER, MR. 16:05:33 PRESIDENT, I WANTED TO QUOTE ONE OF THE MORE SAL YENT 16:05:39 PROVISION -- SALIENT PROVISIONS WHERE AARP WANTS TO PASS THE 16:05:46 BILL WHICH THE PRESIDENT ALREADY SIGNED AND GET HEALTH CARE TO 16:05:50 AMERICANS WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT, AND REFORM THE HEALTH CARE 16:05:54 INDUSTRY WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND REDUCE HEALTH CARE 16:05:58 COSTS, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. 16:06:04 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WE HAVE 2751 ON THE MINORITY SIDE, I 16:06:09 SEE, AND 3542 ON THE MINORITY SIDE. 16:06:13 MR. GREGG: LET ME MAKE TWO QUICK POINTS HERE. 16:06:16 THE ONLY WAY THAT C.B.O. COULD GET TO THE CONCLUSIONS THEY 16:06:19 REACHED AND THEY HAD TO GET TO THOSE CONCLUSIONS BECAUSE OF THE 16:06:22 FACTS THAT WERE PUT BEFORE THEM. ONE OF THOSE FACTS THEY HAVE TO 16:06:26 PRESUME THAT MEDICARE'S GOING TO BE CUT $500 MILLION IN THE FIRST 16:06:30 10 YEARS BEFORE FULL IMPLEMENTATION, A SECOND -- 16:06:37 AND $3 TRILLION DURING THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF FULL IMPLEMENTATION. 16:06:42 $3 TRILLION. AND ALL OF THAT MONEY IS GOING 16:06:43 TO BE TAKEN OUT OF MEDICARE AND MOVED OVER TO START NEW 16:06:49 PROGRAMS, NEW ENTITLEMENTS TO BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 16:06:53 SENIOR CITIZENS AND WHO, FOR THE MOST PART, HAVE NEVER PAID INTO 16:06:57 MEDICARE. THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. 16:07:01 AND YOU CAN SCORE THAT POSITIVELY IF YOU WISH, BUT 16:07:04 FIRST OFF I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN, AND I THINK WHAT WILL 16:07:07 END UP REALLY HAPPENING HERE IS WE'LL ALL GET PUT ON OUR 16:07:11 CHILDREN'S BACK AS DEBT. SECONDLY, IF IT DOES HAPPEN, 16:07:14 IT'S WRONG BECAUSE MEDICARE'S GOING TO BE FIXED AND YOU'RE 16:07:17 TAKING THE MONEY TO FIX IT, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THESE TYPES OF 16:07:22 CUTS IN MEDICARE AND YOU'RE SPENDING THEM ON A NEW 16:07:25 ENTITLEMENT. MR. BAUCUS: MIGHT I ASK MY 16:07:27 COLLEAGUE, MY FRIEND, A QUESTION. 16:07:29 MR. GREGG: ON YOUR TIME. INCLUDING MY ANSWER, WHICH MAY 16:07:33 TAKE 24 MINUTES. MR. BAUCUS: I TRUST THE GOOD 16:07:36 FAITH OF THE SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO NOT ABUSE THE 16:07:40 SITUATION. I UNDERSTAND, BASICALLY, 16:07:44 SENATOR, DOES NOT QUESTION THE PROFESSIONALISM OF C.B.O. 16:07:48 CLEARLY C.B.O. HAD ALL OF THE FACTS THAT ALL OF THE SENATORS 16:07:51 HAD BEFORE IT. C.B.O. HAS ALL THE FACTS. 16:07:54 SO YOU'RE QUESTIONING C.B.O.'S PROFESSIONALISM, BUT YOU DO 16:07:57 QUESTION THEIR CONCLUSION. MR. GREGG: I -- I CERTAINLY 16:08:01 DON'T QUESTION THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. 16:08:03 THEY'RE AN EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD ORGANIZATION WITH A WONDERFUL 16:08:07 LEADER WHO IS FAIR AND UNBIAS. I DON'T QUESTION THEIR -- THEY 16:08:12 HAVE TO SCORE A FACT PATTERN GIVEN TO THEM AND THE FACT 16:08:15 PATTERN GIVEN TO THEM BY THIS BILL IS ON ITS FACE NOT 16:08:19 BELIEVABLE RELATIVE TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE OUT YEARS 16:08:22 EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO SCORE IT AS BELIEVABLE. 16:08:25 MR. McCAIN: I WOULD ASK THE SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE WHILE 16:08:28 THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA IS HERE, MAYBE IT'S A LEGITIMATE 16:08:32 WE: DOES THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA BELIEVE THAT THE 16:08:35 ASSUMPTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE THAT 16:08:38 THE SO-CALLED DOC-FIX, THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR PHYSICIANS 16:08:45 THAT TREAT MEDICARE PATIENTS WILL BE CUT BY 21%? 16:08:49 THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA KNOWS FULL WELL THAT THE A.M.A. HAS 16:08:53 BEEN TOLD IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT IT WILL BE FIXED BETWEEN 16:08:57 NOW AND WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT BECAUSE THE FACT IS 16:09:01 THAT AS THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA KNOWS, IF YOU CUT MEDICARE 16:09:05 PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT, THEN DOCTORS WILL NOT TREAT MEDICARE 16:09:09 PATIENTS. SO MAYBE THE SENATOR FROM 16:09:11 MONTANA WOULD TELL US IF THAT WAS A VALID ASSUMPTION GIVEN TO 16:09:15 THE C.B.O., THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME $281 BILLION THAT WOULD BE 16:09:22 ACCRUED BECAUSE PHYSICIANS PAYMENT WOULD BE REDUCED BY SOME 16:09:26 21%. MR. GREGG: I ASK THAT THE TIME 16:09:34 FOR THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA'S TIME COME OFF OF OURS AND THE 16:09:37 SENATOR FROM MONTANA'S TIME COME OFF OF THEIRS. 16:09:41 MR. BAUCUS: LET ME SAY TO THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA, FIRST OF 16:09:45 ALL, CLEARLY, THIS BODY, THE SENATE AND CONGRESS IS GOING TO 16:09:48 NOT LET THE S.G.R. PROBLEM EXPIRE, THAT IS, DOCTORS ARE NOT 16:09:54 GOING TO BE CUT 20%, WHATEVER THE RATE IS, THE FIRST YEAR OR 16:09:58 MORE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 16:10:00 FIRST, FROM THE SENIORS'S POINT OF VIEW, SECOND FROM THE 16:10:05 DOCTORS' POINT OF VIEW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 16:10:08 THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT SIMPLY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 16:10:12 FIND A WAY IN THIS CONGRESS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. 16:10:17 IT'S NOT PART OF HEALTH CARE REFORM AND WE WILL FIND A WAY -- 16:10:20 A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH IS GOING TO PAY FOR, THAT'S A JUDGMENT 16:10:25 THAT THIS BODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IN THE PRETTY NEAR 16:10:29 FUTURE. MR. McCAIN: I APPRECIATE VERY 16:10:30 MUCH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON PART OF THE MANAGER OF THE BILL OF 16:10:35 THE ASSUMPTION THAT PROVIDES US WITH DEFICIT NEUTRALITY IS NOT 16:10:39 VALID. THAT'S THE.WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO 16:10:41 MAKE HERE. IT IS BASED ON FALSE ASSUMPTION. 16:10:43 AND THE -- AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT DOCTORS -- I'M VERY HAPPY 16:10:48 TO HEAR THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA STATE UNEQUIVOCALLY, WHAT WAS 16:10:53 GIVEN AND ASSUMED BY THE C.B.O. WHEN THEY GAVE US OUR NUMBERS IS 16:10:58 NOT TRUE. SO WE WILL BE VOTING IN A SHORT 16:11:01 PERIOD OF TIME ON A -- ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH IS 16:11:05 BASED ON FALSE ASSUMPTION. I -- I THINK THAT THAT'S AN 16:11:09 UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE. MR. GREGG: I WOULD SIMPLY NOTE 16:11:13 THAT THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA MADE THE CASE FOR MY AMENDMENT 16:11:19 RATHER ELOQUENTLY. IT DOES ADDRESS THE DOCTOR FIX 16:11:23 AND ADDRESSED IT RATHER ELOQUENTLY. 16:11:25 AT THIS TIME I WOULD YIELD FIVE MINUTES TO THE SENATOR FROM 16:11:28 GEORGIA. A SENATOR: I THANK THE SENATOR 16:11:31 FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. LET ME REITERATE WHAT CAME OUT 16:11:34 OF THE COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA AND THE 16:11:37 SENATOR FROM ARIZONA, AND THAT IS THIS, C.B.O. SAID THIS IS 16:11:41 GOING TO BE A DEFICIT REDUCER AND THE PRESIDENT'S GOING AROUND 16:11:45 THE COUNTRY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS BILL IS GOING TO 16:11:47 REDUCE THE DEFICIT. BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S NOT 16:11:51 GOING TO SAY, BUT WHAT THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA JUST AGREED 16:11:55 TO, IS THE FACT THAT OUR PHYSICIANS WHO ARE DUE A 21% 16:12:01 DECREASE IN MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENTS ARE NOT, 16:12:05 IN FACT, GOING TO HAVE THAT 21% REDUCTION. 16:12:08 AND WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN, THIS NOT ONLY DOES NOT REDUCE 16:12:13 THE DEFICIT, BUT IT ADDS TO THE DEFICIT AN 16:12:19 ADDITIONAL $281 BILLION DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THE NUMBER 16:12:21 THE C.B.O. SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY. 16:12:25 SO, YOU KNOW, VERY CLEARLY WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE DEFICIT WHEN 16:12:29 WE PASS THIS BILL BECAUSE THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA'S RIGHT, 16:12:33 WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT 21% REDUCTION. 16:12:36 AND I SUSPECT THAT THE $523 BILLION IN MEDICARE 16:12:44 CUTS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS BILL THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO 16:12:48 TAKE EFFECT IN THE FUTURE YEARS MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN. 16:12:52 AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING AT AN 16:12:56 ADDITIONAL COST OF THAT $523 BILLION, 16:13:01 THE $281 BILLION FOR THE S.G.R. FIX, OR THE DOCTOR FIX, BUT 16:13:06 WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE DEFICIT TO FUND A DOMESTIC 16:13:10 PROGRAM IN A HUGE WAY. ONE THING THAT THE C.B.O. DOES 16:13:14 SAY IS THAT THIS BILL PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL $569.2 BILLION IN 16:13:21 NEW TAXES. NEW TAXES ON THE AMERICAN 16:13:25 PEOPLE. PARTICULARLY THE SMALL BUSINESS 16:13:28 COMMUNITY THAT'S HIT THE HARDEST BY THIS. 16:13:30 AND, MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT, FIRST OF 16:13:33 ALL, THAT MY ENTIRE STATEMENT BE INSERTED IN THE RECORD. 16:13:37 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 16:13:39 MR. CHAMBLISS: AND ALSO, MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 16:13:42 A SPECIFIC PROVISION THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE 16:13:45 DIRECT IMPACT ON MY TAXPAYERS IN GEORGIA. 16:13:48 AND THAT IS WITH THE INCREASE IN THE THRESHOLD TO QUALIFY FOR 16:13:54 MEDICAID GOING FROM 100% TO 133% IN MY STATE, ACCORDING TO OUR 16:14:01 GOVERNOR, AND HE HAS RUN THE NUMBERS, THAT'S GOING TO COST 16:14:05 THE TAXPAYERS OF GEORGIA, IN ADDITION TO THEIR SHARE OF 16:14:12 THIS $569.2 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL TAXES, AN 16:14:15 ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION PER YEAR THAT GEORGIA TAXPAYERS ARE GOING 16:14:18 TO HAVE TO PAY. WE'RE IN DIFFICULT TIMES IN MY 16:14:21 STATE, AS ALL 50 STATES ARE RIGHT NOW. 16:14:23 THAT'S A NEW PROVISION, A NEW TAX, AND, AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT, 16:14:27 I'D LIKE TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT A STATEMENT FROM 16:14:30 THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA BE INSERTED IN THE RECORD. 16:14:37 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 16:14:39 MR. CHAMBLISS: LASTLY, LET ME SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT IN THE 16:14:44 LAST 48 HOURS, THE AGENCY THAT WILL ADMINISTER THE NEW HEALTH 16:14:47 CARE REFORM BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW IS 16:14:49 NONE OTHER THAN THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. 16:14:54 THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS SAID THAT IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE 16:14:58 TAX RETURNS OF EVERY TAX PAYING AMERICAN TO ENSURE THAT THEY 16:15:01 HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE LAW AND BOUGHT INSURANCE OR HAD 16:15:05 INSURANCE TAKEN OUT THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYER, THAT THEY'RE 16:15:07 GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 16,500 INTERNAL 16:15:15 REVENUE SERVICE AGENTS AT A COST OF AN ADDITIONAL $10 BILLION TO 16:15:20 THE TAXPAYER. THAT $10 BILLION IS NOT FACTORED 16:15:23 IN HERE ANYWAY. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE 16:15:26 DEALING WITH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT THE AMERICAN 16:15:29 PUBLIC HAS SHOWN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EVERY POLL 16:15:35 TAKEN WHETHER BY A DEMOCRATIC POLLSTER OR REPUBLICAN POLLSTER 16:15:40 OR INDEPENDENT POLLSTER THAT THEY DO NOT WANT. 16:15:44 AND WE'RE GOING TO FORCE THAT BILL DOWN ON THE AMERICAN 16:15:48 PEOPLE, AND THAT IS WRONG. THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT THIS 16:15:50 BODY AND THE BODY ACROSS THE CAPITOL SHOULD BE WORKING WITH 16:15:56 RESPECT TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 16:15:58 AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE VOTE 16:16:00 ON THE AMENDMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO REPEAL THIS BILL 16:16:07 AND LET'S REPLACE IT WITH A MEANINGFUL HEALTH CARE REFORM 16:16:11 BILL THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 16:16:14 PROVISIONS IN THOSE 2,700 PAGES PLUS THE LENGTH OF THIS 16:16:17 SO-CALLED FIX-IT BILL THAT WE CAN AGREE ON THAT WE CAN REPLACE 16:16:22 THIS BILL WITH THAT WILL PROVIDE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH TRUE, 16:16:26 MEANINGFUL HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE. 16:16:28 WE WON'T SEE ALL OF THESE HUGE INCREASES IN TAXES, WE WON'T SEE 16:16:33 ALL OF THESE HUGE REDUCTIONS IN MEDICARE BENEFITS, AND WE CAN DO 16:16:37 THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE WAY. 16:16:40 WITH THAT, I WOULD -- MR. GREGG: I WOULD YIELD TWO AND 16:16:46 A HALF MINUTES TO THE SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA. 16:16:52 MR. WICKER: -- MR. VITTER: I ASK UNANIMOUS 16:16:58 CONSENT TO CALL UP AMENDMENT UNFUNDED MANDATE 3553. 16:17:05 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 16:17:08 THE CLERK: THE SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA, MR. VITTER, PROPOSES 16:17:10 AMENDMENT NUMBER 3553. MR. VITTER: I ASK UNANIMOUS 16:17:14 CONSENT TO WAIVE READING OF THE WHOLE. 16:17:15 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 16:17:17 MR. VITTER: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:17:18 THIS AMENDMENT IS VERY SIMPLE AND IT GOES TO THE HEART OF ALL 16:17:20 OF THESE ARGUMENTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REPEAL THIS 16:17:24 NEW OBAMA CARE PLAN. ALL OF US ON THIS SIDE URGE THIS 16:17:27 ACTION AND URGE US TO FOCUS SNEDDON A FOCUSED, STEP-BY-STEP 16:17:35 APPROACH TO SOLVE SPECIFIC REAL PROBLEMS WITH SPECIFIC 16:17:38 SOLUTIONS. THIS GARGANTUAN PLAN WHICH THIS 16:17:41 AMENDMENT WOULD REPEAL DOESN'T DO THAT AND THIS GARGANTUAN PLAN 16:17:47 HAS FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS AT ITS CORE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 16:17:50 BEEN TALKING ABOUT. TRULY OFFENSIVE, FUNDAMENTAL 16:17:55 PROBLEMS LIKE OVER A HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS CUT TO 16:17:58 MEDICARE. MR. PRESIDENT, THE AMERICAN 16:17:59 PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR ANYTHING THROUGH THAT. 16:18:04 OVER HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS OF INCREASED TAXES AND COSTS. 16:18:09 MR. PRESIDENT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT AN APPROACH 16:18:12 THAT DOES THAT. INCREASING HEALTH CARE COSTS 16:18:16 WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR BIG CHALLENGE IS TO DO 16:18:20 THE OPPOSITE AND NONPARTISAN SOURCES LIKE THE CONGRESSIONAL 16:18:23 BUDGET OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT THE OBAMA CARE PLAN DOESN'T DECREASE 16:18:29 HEALTH CARE COSTS, IT INCREASES HEALTH CARE COSTS FROM THEIR 16:18:33 RISING RATE ALREADY. IT PUSHES THAT COST CURVE UP. 16:18:38 AND GROWING A BUREAUCRACIES, -- GROWING A BUREAUCRACY INCLUDING 16:18:45 THOUSANDS OF I.R.S. WORKERS AND PUTTING THEM AND THE FEDERAL 16:18:48 GOVERNMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR. 16:18:50 THESE ARE NOT MINOR PARTS OF THE OBAMA CARE PLAN, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:18:53 THIS IS THE CORE OF THAT PLAN, AND THAT'S WHY WE ABSOLUTELY 16:18:58 NEED TO REPEAL IT AND TAKE A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 16:19:03 APPROACH, AN APPROACH THAT'S FOCUSED LIKE A LASER BEAM ON 16:19:07 REAL PROBLEMS AND THAT DEALS WITH THOSE REAL PROBLEMS WITH 16:19:11 REAL AND TARGETED AND STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS. 16:19:17 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 16:19:19 MR. VITTER: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:19:21 I URGE SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT NUMBERED 3553. 16:19:37 MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 16:19:38 SENATOR FROM MONTANA. MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE 16:19:41 COMING TO A CLOSE, OR A BEGINNING, I'M NOT SURE WHICH, 16:19:46 WHEN WE START TO VOTE ON AMENDMENTS. 16:19:50 IF MY CALCULATION IS CORRECT ON THE TIME FOR DEBATE ON THIS 16:19:55 RECONCILIATION BILL WILL EXPIRE AROUND 5:10, ABOUT THAT TIME, 16:20:01 APPROXIMATELY. AND AT THAT TIME, APPROXIMATELY, 16:20:03 WE'LL START VOTING ON AMENDMENTS. 16:20:06 BY MY COUNT, WE HAVE 21 AMENDMENTS PENDING. 16:20:11 IF WE VOTE ON AMENDMENTS WITH THE TIME IT USUALLY TAKES TO 16:20:19 VOTE ON AMENDMENTS IN A SERIES, IT'S MY EXPERIENCE THAT IT 16:20:21 ROUGHLY TAKES AROUND AN HOUR FOR THREE AMENDMENTS. 16:20:24 NOW, MAYBE WE COULD SPEED THAT UP. 16:20:27 WITH 21, THAT'S SEVEN HOURS. 5:00. 16:20:30 THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW -- AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. 16:20:34 THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME INTERVENING DISRUPTIONS. 16:20:37 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THAT MEANS THAT THE EARLIEST WE MIGHT 16:20:40 BE FINISHED IS AROUND MIDNIGHT. BUT, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT THE 16:20:43 CASE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE OTHER AMENDMENTS OFFERED. 16:20:45 AND SO I JUST -- FOR THE INFORMATION OF MY COLLEAGUES, 16:20:48 JUST TO REPEAT, WE WILL PROBABLY START VOTING ON AMENDMENTS AT 16:20:52 APPROXIMATELY AROUND 5:10 OR THEREABOUTS. 16:20:56 AND WE HAVE 21 AMENDMENTS PENDING AT THE PRESENT TIME. 16:21:00 IT TAKES ABOUT ONE HOUR TO VOTE ON THREE AMENDMENTS. 16:21:03 MAYBE WE CAN SQUEEZE THAT TIME DOWN. 16:21:05 IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE CAN. THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE AROUND 16:21:09 HERE, IT TAKES ABOUT THAT LONG. AND BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE 16:21:13 AMENDMENTS MOST LIKELY TO BE OFFERED, I JUST WARN MY 16:21:16 COLLEAGUES THAT WE'LL BE IN VERY LATE TONIGHT. 16:21:19 WE WILL CERTAINLY BE IN PAST MIDNIGHT, WAY PAST MIDNIGHT 16:21:22 BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY 16:21:25 PENDING. MR. GREGG: MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT'S 16:21:31 THE TIME SITUATION? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: YOU 16:21:33 HAVE -- THE MINORITY HAS 23 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS LEFT. 16:21:38 MR. GREGG: AND THE MAJORITY? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: 24, 52. 16:21:44 MR. GREGG: I WOULD YIELD TEN MINUTES TO THE SENATOR FROM 16:21:49 TENNESSEE. MR. ALEXANDER: MR. PRESIDENT? 16:21:53 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE. 16:21:56 MR. ALEXANDER: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:21:57 COULD YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN EIGHT MINUTES HAVE BEEN CONSUMED? 16:22:00 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: SURE. MR. ALEXANDER: THANK YOU VERY 16:22:02 MUCH. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS HAS BEEN A 16:22:03 DEBATE FILLED WITH PASSION AND GOOD INTENTIONS AND A LOT OF 16:22:06 HARD WORK, AND OUR POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE COME TO VASTLY 16:22:11 DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. THE PRESIDENT AND THE MAJORITY 16:22:14 HAVE SAID THIS IS AN HISTORIC OCCASION. 16:22:18 I AGREE. BUT I BELIEVE, AS DO MOST OF US, 16:22:22 THAT IT IS AN HISTORIC MISTAKE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY WHY WE 16:22:28 THINK THAT. THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE 16:22:32 THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TO -- WITH THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED 16:22:36 MAJORITY AND THE MAJORITY IS PROPOSING TO DO IN THIS SECOND 16:22:41 BILL IS TO EXPAND A HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT WE ALL KNOW 16:22:48 IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE CAN AFFORD INSTEAD OF STEPPING BACK 16:22:54 AND INSTEAD SEEKING TO REDUCE THE COST OF THAT HEALTH CARE 16:22:57 DELIVERY SYSTEM SO THAT MORE AMERICANS WITH AFFORD TO BUY 16:23:01 HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT'S THE MISTAKE. 16:23:04 SO I'D LIKE TO TRY TO SAY IN THREE OR FOUR MINUTES WHAT THIS 16:23:09 BILL MEANS TO TENNESSEANS. I WAS LISTENING TO THE SENATOR 16:23:13 FROM MONTANA AND THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TALK ABOUT DEBT. 16:23:18 WE BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL, THESE TWO BILLS WILL 16:23:22 INCREASE EACH TENSE INDIANA'S SHARE OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. 16:23:28 THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA SAYS BUT WELL, THE CONGRESSIONAL 16:23:31 BUDGET OFFICE SAYS IT DOESN'T. WELL, THAT WOULD BE LIKE GOING 16:23:32 TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE AND SAYING I'VE GOT A 16:23:35 HORSE FARM HERE. TELL ME HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO 16:23:37 OPERATE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND THE C.B.O. WOULD SAY WOULD 16:23:40 YOU LIKE ME TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT WITH THE HORSES OR WITHOUT 16:23:43 THE HORSES? IF YOU TELL ME HOW TO DO IT 16:23:46 WITHOUT THE HORSES, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST AS MUCH. 16:23:49 OR IF I HAVE A GAS STATION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ME TELL 16:23:52 YOU HOW TO OPERATE THAT WITH THE GAS OR WITHOUT THE GAS IN IT. 16:23:56 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SAYING HERE. 16:23:58 THEY HAVE GONE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE AND 16:23:59 SAID TELL US HOW MUCH THIS HEALTH CARE BILL COSTS, AND THEY 16:24:01 HAVE SAID TO THEM WITH THE DOCTORS OR WITHOUT THE DOCTORS? 16:24:04 THEY SAY OH, NO, KEEP THE DOCTORS OUT, BECAUSE ACCORDING 16:24:06 TO THE PRESIDENT'S OWN BUDGET, THAT'S $371 BILLION MORE OVER 16:24:10 TEN YEARS. AND IF YOU PUT THAT IN, THEN THE 16:24:13 WHOLE BILL ADDS TO THE DEFICIT. AND SO THEY LEAVE IT OUT. 16:24:17 SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRST THING THIS 16:24:21 BILL DOES IS ADD TO THE DEBT EACH TENNESSEAN'S SHARE OF THE 16:24:26 DEBT. THE SECOND THING IS IT HAS 16:24:34 HAS $8,470 IN NEW SPENDING FOR EACH PERSON IN TENNESSEE. 16:24:37 THE NEXT THING IT DOES IS THE TENNESSEANS ENROLLED IN MEDICARE 16:24:42 ADVANTAGE -- ABOUT ONE OUT OF FOUR PERSONS ENROLLED IN 16:24:45 MEDICARE -- WILL HAVE THEIR BENEFITS REDUCED BY HALF, 16:24:47 ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE IN TESTIMONY 16:24:51 BEFORE CONGRESS, WHOSE VERACITY WE HAVE BEEN HEARING EXTOLLED ON 16:24:55 ALL SIDES. THE NEXT THING IT DOES IS ABOUT 16:25:01 1.4 MILLION TENNESSEANS MAKING LESS THAN $200,000 WILL PAY 16:25:04 HIGHER TAXES, ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE 16:25:08 ON TAXATION. 300,000 TENNESSEANS IN THE 16:25:13 INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET WILL SEE FREEDOM RATE 16:25:15 INCREASES OF 30% TO 45% ACCORDING TO A BLUE CROSS/BLUE 16:25:21 SHIELD STUDY OF TENNESSEE AND OTHER ANALYSES. 16:25:25 NEXT, TENNESSEE SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOYING 50 OR MORE PEOPLE WILL 16:25:28 SEE PREMIUM RATE INCREASES -- WELL, SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOYING 16:25:33 50 OR MORE PEOPLE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES EMPLOYING 16:25:36 FIVE OR MORE PEOPLE, THAT'S 5,000 CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN 16:25:41 TENNESSEE WILL PAY HIGHER HEALTH CARE COSTS BECAUSE OF NEW 16:25:45 GOVERNMENT MANDATES. THEN HERE IS THE OTHER ONE. 16:25:48 THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS JUST ADDED OVER THE WEEKEND. 16:25:51 200,000 TENNESSEE STUDENTS, INCLUDING, I CHECKED, 11,000 AT 16:25:55 THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-NOVEL WHERE I WAS THIS 16:25:59 WEEK WILL BE OVERCHARGED BY BY $1,700 TO $1,800 OVER THE 16:26:05 NEXT TEN YEARS ON THEIR STUDENT LOANS IN ORDER TO HELP PAY FOR 16:26:08 THE HEALTH CARE BILL AND OTHER PROGRAMS. 16:26:10 LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. OVER THE WEEKEND, WITHOUT ANY 16:26:12 DEBATE IN THE SENATE, THEY HAVE STUCK IN THIS BILL. 16:26:15 THEY'RE GOING TO OVERCHARGE 19 MILLION STUDENTS IN AMERICA, 16:26:20 200,000 IN TENNESSEE, $1,700 OR OR $1,800 MORE THAN IT COSTS THE 16:26:25 GOVERNMENT TO BORROW THE MONEY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN 16:26:27 OVER THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. THEY BORROW THE MONEY AT 2.8%. 16:26:31 THEY LOAN IT OUT AT 6.8%. THEY TAKE THE DIFFERENCE, THEY 16:26:34 SPEND IT. $8.7 BILLION OF IT TO HELP PAY 16:26:37 FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, SO THAT'S 200,000 TENNESSEE 16:26:41 STUDENTS. THESE AREN'T WALL STREET 16:26:43 FINANCIERS. THESE ARE A MOM WITH A CHILD AND 16:26:45 A JOB GOING TO SCHOOL TO GET A BETTER JOB. 16:26:49 THAT'S 200,000 TENNESSEE STUDENTS. 16:26:52 $1.1 BILLION IN COSTS WILL BE FORCED ON THE TENNESSEE 16:26:55 GOVERNMENT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO OUR STATE 16:26:58 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WHO SAID THAT'S THE COST OF THE MEDICAID 16:27:02 EXPANSION AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STATE AFTER THE PHYSICIANS' 16:27:08 REIMBURSEMENT EXPIRES IN TWO YEARS FOR MEDICAID. 16:27:11 THIS WILL FORCE, THIS WILL FORCE STATES, TENNESSEE FOR SURE AND 16:27:15 MANY OTHER STATES, TO RAISE TAXES, CUT SERVICES OR INCREASE 16:27:20 COLLEGE TUITION. ACCORDING TO AN OLIVER WYMAN 16:27:24 STUDY, 30% OF YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PAY UP TO 35% MORE IN PREMIUMS 16:27:29 AS PREMIUMS GO UP IN THE INDIVIDUAL MARKET. 16:27:33 AND THEN -- AND THEN -- AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE, THE BILL 16:27:37 DOES ADD IN TENNESSEE ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE TO OUR TENNCARE 16:27:45 OR MEDICARE ROLLS. BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S NOT 16:27:48 HEALTH CARE REFORM BECAUSE NATIONALLY ONLY ABOUT HALF OF 16:27:51 DOCTORS WILL SEE NEW MEDICAID PATIENTS. 16:27:55 SO WE'RE SAYING TO PEOPLE WE'RE GIVING YOU HEALTH CARE, BUT IT'S 16:27:58 LIKE SAYING WE'RE GIVING YOU A BUS TICKET TO A BUS LINE WHERE 16:28:01 THE BUS ONLY RUNS HALF THE TIME. AND WHEN YOU PUT THESE 16:28:06 LOW-INCOME AMERICANS INTO THIS PROGRAM IN SUCH LARGE NUMBERS, 16:28:10 WHAT THAT ADDITIONALLY DOES IS CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 16:28:15 PHYSICIANS, FOR HOSPITALS AND FOR DRUGSTORES TO SAY WE CAN'T 16:28:20 SERVE MEDICAID PATIENTS ANYMORE. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT IS WHY 16:28:24 WE FEEL THIS IS THE WRONG COURSE AND A HISTORIC MISTAKE. 16:28:28 WHAT WE WOULD DO INSTEAD IS REPLACE THIS BILL WITH A 16:28:32 DIFFERENT BILL THAT FOCUSED ON COSTS. 16:28:34 WE HAVE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 16:28:36 WE SAID IT AT THE HEALTH CARE SUMMIT. 16:28:38 WE WOULD START WITH -- WITH ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BUY HEALTH 16:28:42 CARE ACROSS STATE LINES, WITH SMALL BUSINESS -- WITH ALIGNING 16:28:48 SMALL BUSINESSES TO COMBINE RESOURCES TO OFFER MORE SERVICES 16:28:54 TO PEOPLE AT LOWER COSTS, REDUCING THE MALPRACTICE 16:29:00 LAWSUITS, WE WOULD EXPAND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 16:29:03 ALL OF THESE WERE PROPOSALS MADE BEFORE THE SENATE, BASICALLY 16:29:07 IGNORED. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE AND 16:29:09 THE REASON WE HAVE SUCH A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN 16:29:12 THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE AND THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE IS THAT THAT 16:29:16 SIDE OF THE AISLE WHICH HAS THE MAJORITY IS EXPANDING A HEALTH 16:29:20 CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT WE ALL KNOW IS TOO EXPENSIVE, AND WE 16:29:25 THINK INSTEAD WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS FOCUSING ON REDUCING 16:29:30 HEALTH CARE COSTS SO THAT MORE AMERICANS CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE 16:29:35 HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. I THANK THE PRESIDENT AND I 16:29:37 YIELD BACK MY TIME TO THE SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. 16:29:41 MR. GREGG: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD YIELD FOR 30 SECONDS TO 16:29:44 THE SENATOR FROM KANSAS TO PUT IN ORDER A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS. 16:29:47 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM KANSAS. 16:29:50 MR. ROBERTS: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO 16:29:52 TEMPORARILY SET ASIDE THE PENDING MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS 16:29:55 SO THAT I MAY OFFER AN AMENDMENT NUMBERED 3577 WHICH IS AT THE 16:30:00 DESK. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 16:30:02 OBJECTION, THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE AMENDMENT. 16:30:04 MR. ROBERTS: I ASK CONSENT THAT THE READING OF THE AMENDMENT BE 16:30:08 DISPENSED WITH. MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS 16:30:11 CONSENT -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK 16:30:12 WILL REPORT THE AMENDMENT BY NUMBER. 16:30:15 THE CLERK: THE SENATOR FROM KANSAS, MR. ROBERTS, PROPOSES 16:30:18 AMENDMENT NUMBERED 3577. MR. ROBERTS: I THANK YOU, 16:30:21 MR. PRESIDENT. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT NOW, 16:30:23 MR. PRESIDENT, TO TEMPORARILY SET ASIDE THE PENDING MOTIONS SO 16:30:25 THAT I MAY OFFER A MOTION TO COMMIT WHICH IS AT THE DESK. 16:30:28 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 16:30:31 THE CLERK WILL LOOTER THE CHOATION MOTION. 16:30:35 THE CLERK: THE SENATOR MOVES TO COMMIT THE BILL H.R. 4972 -- 16:30:40 MR. ROBERTS: I ASK THAT THE READING OF THE AMENDMENT BE 16:30:42 DISPENSED WITH. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 16:30:44 OBJECTION. THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA. 16:30:55 B MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT, I 16:30:59 THINK WE HAVE -- I YIELD HALF OF OUR TIME TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 16:31:04 BANKING COMMITTEE AND ACTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE "HELP" COMMITTEE 16:31:06 AND THE MOST VALUABLE AND PRODUCTIVE -- AND ONE OF THE 16:31:11 MOST VALUABLE AND PRODUCTIVE SENATORS IN THIS BODY. 16:31:13 12 MINUTES TO THE. THE SENATOR -- TOTHE SENATOR OF. 16:31:20 MR. DODD: I THANK THE SENATOR AND THANK HIM FOR HIS WONDERFUL 16:31:24 LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH OUR DISTINGUISHED MAJORITY 16:31:26 LEADER AND MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING WONDERFUL STAFF. 16:31:29 WE DON'T OFTEN MENTION THE REMARKABLE WORK BEING DONE BY 16:31:33 THE STAFF AND COMMITTEE STAFF MEMBERS. 16:31:39 I SEE MY GOOD FRIEND TOM HARKIN HERE WHO NOW CHAIRS THAT 16:31:42 COMMITTEE W. ALONG WITH MAX BAUCUS AND SO MANY OTHERS ON THE 16:31:46 LEADERSHIP STAFF THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS MOMENT. 16:31:49 I THANK ALL OF THEM. I RISE THIS AFTERNOON, 16:31:51 MR. PRESIDENT, TO DISCUSS THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION 16:31:55 AFFORDABILITY RECONCILIATION ACT AND ALTHOUGH NONE OF US ARE 16:31:57 IGNORANT OF THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE HEALTH CARE PORTION OF 16:32:00 OUR WORK THIS PAST WEEK, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, IF I 16:32:04 COULD, TO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EDUCATION 16:32:05 PORTION OF THE BILL. I LISTENED INTENTLY TO MY FRIEND 16:32:09 AND COLLEAGUE FROM TENNESSEE, LAMAR ALEXANDER, TALK ABOUT THIS 16:32:14 PART OF THE BILL AS WELL. I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR HIM, 16:32:17 HAVING SERVED AS OUR SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. 16:32:23 WE DISAGREE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PORTION. 16:32:24 I WANT TO EXPRESS A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, MR. PRESIDENT, 16:32:28 ABOUT WHY I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS BILL HAS GREAT 16:32:31 VALUE. OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR ATEPTION HAS 16:32:32 BEEN FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 16:32:36 AND THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT. 16:32:41 IN THE RECONCILIATION PORTION OF THIS BILL BEFORE US NOW, 16:32:44 STRENGTHENS THIS BILL MAINGSDZ IT -- STRENGTHENS THIS BILL AND 16:32:49 MAKES IT EVEN BETTER. LAST NIGHT I DISCUSSED THE 16:32:55 VALIANT EFFORTS. THE EDUCATION PORTION OF THIS 16:32:58 BILL ALSO HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. 16:33:00 SINCE THE PELL GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1970'S, AS 16:33:04 ALL OF US IN THIS CHAMBER KNOW, IT HAS MADE COLLEGE A 16:33:07 POSSIBILITY FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF YOUNG AMERICANS. 16:33:11 I HAVE THE GREAT, GREAT PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH CLAIBORNE PELL. 16:33:14 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THIS BODY. HE SERVED IN THE LATE 1960'S UP 16:33:20 TO A FEW YEARS AGO. WE LOST HIM A FEW MONTHS AGO. 16:33:25 WHEN I YOU THIS OF WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT ONE SENATOR MADE 16:33:28 IN THE MILLIONS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, MANY MAY NOT KNOW WHO 16:33:33 CLAIBORNE PELL IS IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE 16:33:36 RECORD TO REFLECT HE WAS A WONDERFUL SENATOR. 16:33:42 HE WROTE THE LEGISLATION THAT BANNED THE TESTING OF NUCLEAR 16:33:44 WEAPONS ON THE OCEAN'S FLOOR. HE WAS THE AUTHOR ALONG WITH 16:33:48 JACOB JAVITZ OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS AND 16:33:50 HUMANITIES AND HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE PELL GRANTS, A UNIQUE AND 16:33:56 REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT HE 16:34:00 SHOULD LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR MAKING EDUCATION AN OPPORTUNITY 16:34:03 THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED BECAUSE YOU LACKED THE RESOURCES TO 16:34:06 AFFORD IT. THOSE MILLIONS OF STUDENTS ARE 16:34:11 NOW LEADERS, INNOVATORS. NOT UNLIKE THE G.I. BILL AT THE 16:34:16 END OF THE WORLD WAR II, HOW MANY OF US HAVE MET MEN, 16:34:19 PARTICULARLY MEN WHO CAME BACK FROM THE THEATERS OF THE PACIFIC 16:34:22 AND THE EUROPEAN THEATRES, WHO GOT AN EDUCATION UNDER THE G.I. 16:34:26 BILL WHO WOULD TELL YOU WHAT A REMARKABLE INVESTMENT IT WAS AND 16:34:29 HAS BEEN REPAID MILLIONS OF TIMES OVER BY THOSE WHO TODAY 16:34:33 MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY GOT AN 16:34:36 EDUCATION, BECAUSE THERE WAS A CREATIVE CONGRESS, BECAUSE THERE 16:34:39 WAS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF AN 16:34:44 EDUCATION IN THE MIDPART OF THE 20th CENTURY. 16:34:46 HERE WE'RE INTO THE SECOND PART OF THE 21st CENTURY. 16:34:49 SHOULD THERE BE ANYONE'S DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MINDS ABOUT THE 16:34:53 VALUE OF NOT ONLY MAKING US A HEALTHIER COUNTRY BY THE 16:34:56 ADOPTION OF THE HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS OF THIS COUNTRY BUT A 16:34:59 BETTER-EDUCATED COUNTRY, NOT ONLY TO ADVANCE OUR OWN NEEDS 16:35:02 BUT TO MAKE SURE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE 16:35:05 ALL OF THEIR POTENTIAL, TODAY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE CASE 16:35:08 WITHOUT PELL GRANTS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO OUR 16:35:11 SOCIETY HAS BEEN REMARKABLE. WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO 16:35:14 ATTEND COLLEGE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, OF 16:35:17 COURSE, WITHOUT PELL GRANTS. SINCE THEN, THE IMPORTANCE OF A 16:35:20 COLLEGE EDUCATION HAS ONLY GROWN, MR. PRESIDENT. 16:35:22 NOT ONLY TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, WHO WANT TO ACHIEVE 16:35:26 THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BUT OUR NATION AS WELL. 16:35:31 AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY DEPENDS, AS 16:35:35 IT SHOULD BE JUST SO OBVIOUS, ON HAVING A WELL-EDUCATED 16:35:38 WORKFORCE. -- IN THE 21st CENTURY. 16:35:41 THAT MEANS A COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKFORCE. 16:35:48 WHILE THE DOOR FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE HAS GROWN AND THE 16:35:53 SUPPORT FOR OUR COLLEGE AID PROGRAM HAS SLIPPED. 16:35:55 IT HAS GONE OFF THE CLIFF IN MANY WAYS. 16:35:58 IN 1975 THE MAXIMUM PELL GRANT COVERED 80% OF THE AVERAGE 16:36:03 STUDENT TUITION -- FEES, ROOM AND BOARD, AND A FOUR-YEAR 16:36:07 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. 80% IN 1975. 16:36:10 TODAY IT COVERS LESS THAN A THIRD AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. 16:36:15 OUR FAIL TOUR KEEP PACE WITH THE EXPLODING -- OUR FAILURE TO KEEP 16:36:19 PIECE WITH THE EXPLODING COST OF ATTENDING COLLEGE SLAMS THE DOOR 16:36:25 FOR MANY AND LEAVES THOSE WHO NEED TO FIND A WAY TO ATTEND 16:36:30 WITH AN OVERWHELMING BURDEN OF DEBT. 16:36:32 ALLOWING THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM TO WITHER, AS WOULD BE THE CASE 16:36:41 WITHOUT ADOPTION, WOULD BE A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE WORKING 16:36:46 FAMILIES AND IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO AMERICA'S COMPETITIVENESS. 16:36:50 THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 16:36:56 REVITALIZE THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM AND UNLOCK THE 16:36:58 OPPORTUNITY FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. 16:37:02 THE BILL INVESTORS $2.5 BILLION TO FILL THE SHORTFALL IN THE 16:37:07 PROGRAM AND ENSURES THAT SUCH A SHORTFALL DOESN'T OCCUR AGAIN 16:37:11 AND THE COST OF COLLEGE CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN THE 16:37:13 YEARS AHEAD. FOR INSTANCE, MR. PRESIDENT, IF 16:37:15 WE FAIL TO ACT, THE MAXIMUM PELL GRANT AWARD COULD BE A PALTRY 16:37:22 $2,1 00 FOR THE YEAR 2010. NEVER BEFORE HAS THE 16:37:27 EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM BEEN AT SUCH RISK. 16:37:32 THE BILL INCREASES THE AWARD TO ALMOST $6,000 BY 2017, SEVEN 16:37:38 YEARS FROM NOW. WE ALL KNOW IN SEVEN YEAR, THE 16:37:42 COST OF EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET. 16:37:45 WHILE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THIS PROGRAM, 16:37:49 IMAGINE IN 2017, SEVEN GREERS NOW, WHAT COLLEGE EDUCATION 16:37:55 WOULD BE LIKE AND THE PELL GRANT ASSISTANCE, AS IMPORTANT AS IT 16:37:58 IS, IS NOT GOING TO COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE NEEDS. 16:38:02 SO WE TRIED TO PEG THESE INCREASES TO EDUCATION SO THAT 16:38:06 IT CAN KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 16:38:09 IN MY HOME STATE OF CONNECTICUT, THIS WOULD ENABLE 4,300 16:38:12 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS TO GO TO COLLEGE. 16:38:14 THIS LEGISLATION MAKES IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN HISTORICALLY 16:38:17 BLACK COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND COLLEGE ACCESS 16:38:21 CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM WHICH FOSTERS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN 16:38:24 GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT SECTOR THAT HELP LOW-INCOME KIDS GET A 16:38:27 CHANCE TO GO ON TO A HIGHER EDUCATION. 16:38:29 IT INVESTS IN PROGRAMS THAT HELP STUDENTS FIGURE OUT WHAT COLLEGE 16:38:33 IS BEST FOR THEM AS WELL AND PREPARE NOT ONLY TO GET INTO THE 16:38:36 SCHOOLS BUT TO GRADUATE FROM THEM AS WELL. 16:38:38 AND WHEN THOSE STUDENTS DO GRADUATE, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE 16:38:41 FACED WITH THAT MOUNTAIN OF DEBT THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OAFERREDZ 16:38:44 AND OVER AGAIN -- THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN 16:38:48 THAT PUT SO MANY OF THEM ON THEIR OWN CAREERS AND 16:38:51 CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY ON HOLD WHILE THEY HAVE TO PAY OFF THESE 16:38:54 DEBTS SEEKING JOBS AND STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY NEED 16:38:57 FOR THEIR FUTURE GROWTH. OUR LEGISLATION CAPS REPAYMENT 16:39:01 OF FEDERAL LOANS AT 10% OF DISCRETIONARY INCOME AND 16:39:04 FORGIVES PAYMENTS AFTER 20 YEARS. 16:39:07 NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT 16:39:10 INVESTMENT NOT ONLY IN OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE BUT THE FUTURE 16:39:12 OF OUR CHILDREN, AS I'VE SAID, AND IT WILL PAY ENORMOUS 16:39:15 DIVIDENDS. BUT THIS INVESTMENT ISN'T JUST 16:39:17 SMART. IT'S FULLY PAID FOR. 16:39:20 IN FACT, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES THAT 16:39:21 THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US TODAY WILL REDUCE THE NATIONAL 16:39:25 DEBT AND DEFICIT BY $10 BILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 16:39:30 WE ACCOMPLISH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, BY ELIMINATING 16:39:32 WHAT AMOUNTS TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WASTEFUL SPENDING 16:39:36 WITHIN THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. 16:39:38 WILL THE ME EXPLAIN. CURRENTLY SOME FEDERAL STUDENT 16:39:42 LOANS ARE MADE THROUGH THE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM WHILE ROARS 16:39:44 MADE THROUGH THE FEDERAL -- WHILE OTHERS ARE MADE THROUGH 16:39:48 THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM CALLED THE SO-CALLED FFEL 16:39:57 PROGRAM. THAT MONEY INTENDED TO HELP 16:40:00 STUDENTS GO TON TO A HIGHER EDUCATION ENDS UP HELPING TO PAD 16:40:04 PROFITS OF THOSE LENDERS. THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. 16:40:07 WHAT'S MORE, BANKS IN THE SO-CALLED FFEL PROGRAM GET THEIR 16:40:17 PAYMENTS REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY TREAT THE BORROWERS. 16:40:20 TAXPAYERS END UP SHOULDERING THE RISK OF DEFAULTS. 16:40:24 SO OUR LEGISLATION IN FRONTS EVER US TODAY CONVERTS ALL 16:40:27 FUTURE FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS TO DIRECT LOANS. 16:40:31 THIS DOESN'T CUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR OUT, I WOULD QUICKLY ADD. 16:40:35 WHAT IT DOES IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIEVMENT IT MAKES THEM 16:40:40 COMPETE AND WHEN INSTITUTIONS HAVE TO COMPETE, CONSUMERS 16:40:42 BENEFIT. WHAT IT DOES DO IS END THESE 16:40:45 UNNECESSARY PAYMENTS AND FORCE BANKS TO COMPETE FOR THE JOB OF 16:40:50 SERVICING STUDENT LOANS. STUDENTS AND PARENTS -- FOR 16:40:53 STUDENTS AND PARENTS, IT MEANS BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE 16:40:56 SAME GOOD RATES THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE HALLMARK OF FEDERAL 16:40:59 STUDENT LOANS. AS FOR TAXPAYERS IT MEANS A 16:41:02 SAVINGS WE'RE TOLD OF $61 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS, MONEY 16:41:10 THAT NOW FLOWS INTO THE COFFERS OF BANKS. 16:41:15 THIS WILL HELP MORE KIDS GO ON TO COLLEGE. 16:41:18 IN SHORT, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A WIN-WIN, A FULLY PAID FOR AND 16:41:24 MUCH-NEEDED INVESTMENT IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AMERICAN 16:41:26 COMPETITIVENESS. BUT I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT 16:41:29 NOTE THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD BE DOING MORE. 16:41:31 IT COMES AS A SERIOUS DISAPPOINTMENT TO ME AND TO 16:41:34 EDUCATION ADVOCATES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY THAT FUNDING FOR A NEW 16:41:40 EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE. 16:41:43 I DESPERATELY WANTED IT TO BE HERE, DID MY FRIEND FROM IOWA. 16:41:49 AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS TO ENABLE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO 16:41:53 GRADUATE AND ATTEND COLLEGE, IT IS JUST AS CRITICAL, 16:41:56 MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WE PREPARE EVERY CHILD TO BE A VIABLE 16:42:00 CANDIDATE FOR THEIR NEXT STEP? THE EDUCATION PROCESS AND THE 16:42:04 ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT ROBS TOO MANY CHILDREN OF THAT 16:42:07 OPPORTUNITY BEGINS VERY, VERY EARLY, BEFORE THE AGE OF THREE, 16:42:10 ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 16:42:13 YOU KNOW THE STATISTICS. MOST OF US DO HEEMPLET 16:42:17 INVESTMENTS IN RECALLLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PAY OFF 16:42:21 TENFOLD, MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN WE CONSIDER THE DECREASES IN CRIME, 16:42:24 THE REDUCED NEED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND WELFARE SERVICES 16:42:28 AND IMPROVED HEALTH OF THESE KIDS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY 16:42:31 EDUCATION. AND JUST AS THE INCREASINGLY 16:42:34 COMPETITIVE GLOBAL ECONOMY CALLS US TO UNLOCK THE DOOR TO HIGHER 16:42:38 EDUCATION, WE MUST DLOS EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING -- WE 16:42:42 MUST ALSO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING THAT CHILD TO THE 16:42:46 MAXIMIZING OF HIS OR HER POTENTIAL. 16:42:48 THAT REQUIRES A SERIOUS REQUIREMENT IN EARLY EDUCATION 16:42:51 IN OUR NATION. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE BEEN 16:42:53 A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT COMMITMENT. 16:42:57 SO THE FIGHT WILL CONTINUE. UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT THE 16:43:00 STRENGTH THIS BILL WOULD HAVE PROVIDED. 16:43:02 BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO SOME REAL GOOD FOR YOUNG 16:43:05 PEOPLE AND FOR OUR NATION. SO I HAD A URGE MY FELLOW -- SO 16:43:09 I'D URGE MY FELLOW SENATORS HERE, BOTH DEMOCRATS AND 16:43:12 REPUBLICANS, TO SUPPORT THIS COMMONSENSE MEASURE, SAVE THE 16:43:14 PELL GRANT PROGRAM, MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF 16:43:17 COUNTLESS YOUNG AMERICANS FOR YEARS TO COME, AND I REMIND MY 16:43:20 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS JUST PART OF WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS DEBATE. 16:43:24 THE AMENDMENTS BEING OFFERED ON TOO MANY OCCASIONS BY OUR 16:43:27 FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE DOING NOTHING MORE THAN TRYING 16:43:30 TO STOP THIS LEGISLATION FROM GOING FORWARD. 16:43:31 I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD STOP. LET US PASS THIS BILL. 16:43:34 WE HAVE A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY CHANGE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH BUT 16:43:39 ALSO TO CHANGE THE QUALITY OF A HIGHER EDUCATION TIEWFNLTS FOR 16:43:43 THOSE REASONS, I URGE THE ADOPTION OF THIS PEAFNLGT I 16:43:46 YIELD THE FLOOR, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, I DON'T KNOW -- I 16:44:00 SEE SENATOR GREGG ON THE FLOOR AND SENATOR McCAIN. 16:44:04 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA. 16:44:07 MR. McCAIN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'VE READ A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S 16:44:13 BEEN GOING ON IN THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE. 16:44:16 ALL OF US HAVE. AMERICANS ARE VERY AWARE OF IT. 16:44:17 AND I KEEP HEARING THE WORD "HISTORIC," "THIS HISTORIC, 16:44:27 "THAT HISTORIC," AND I AGREE. IT'S AN HISTORIC VOTE. 16:44:30 AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY AWARE OF WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE 16:44:33 SOMETIME TONIGHT, TOMORROW, OR THE NEXT DAY. 16:44:37 IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, 16:44:41 THAT A MAJOR REFORM HAS BEEN ENACTED ON A PURE PARTISAN 16:44:45 BASIS. THE FIRST TIME. 16:44:48 EVERY MAJOR REFORM THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT -- 16:44:52 AND YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST OF BIPARTISANSHIP VOTES IN THE 16:44:59 1970'S. THIS ONE, PURELY PARTISAN, 16:45:03 RAMMED THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO WHATEVER THIS END IS. 16:45:08 IT'S HISTORIC. AND IT'S THE FIRST THYME THAT A 16:45:11 PROCESS CALLED -- AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT A PROCESS CALLED 16:45:15 RECONCILIATION HAS EVER BEEN USED TO AFFECT ONE-SIXTH OF THE 16:45:18 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, AND I KNOW THE RESPONSE WILL BE, WELL, 16:45:21 REPUBLICANS DID IT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 16:45:23 IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT 51 VOTES HAS BEEN THE MEASURE OF 16:45:33 DECISION ON SO-CALLED RECONCILIATION. 16:45:37 NOW, THAT'S HISTORIC. THAT'S HISTORIC BECAUSE WE HAVE 16:45:42 BASICALLY BROKEN DOWN THE 60-VOTE TRADITION OF THE UNITED 16:45:46 STATES SENATE WHEN WE ADDRESS IT IN THIS FASHION AND AN ISSUE OF 16:45:51 THIS MAGNITUDE. LET ME TELL YOU WHEN THE 16:45:54 PRESIDENT WAS STILL A SENATOR -- WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 16:45:57 STATES WAS STILL A SENATOR, THE LAST TIME WE WERE DOING -- 16:46:00 ANOTHER TIME WE WERE DOING RECONCILIATION, AND HE SAID, 16:46:03 "YOU KNOW THE FOUNDERS DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM AS FRUSTRATING AS IT 16:46:08 IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A BROAD CONSENSUS BEFORE THE 16:46:11 COUNTRY MOVES FORWARD. AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A 16:46:15 PRESIDENT"-- --HE WAS REFERRING TO FORMER 16:46:17 PRESIDENT BUSH DESIGNEE "HASN'T GOTTEN HIS WAY. 16:46:19 THAT IS NOW PROMPTING, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE IN THE SENATE RULES AND 16:46:23 REALLY I THINK WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE SENATE 16:46:26 FOREVER." AND WHAT I WORRY ABOUT WOULD BE 16:46:30 YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TWO CHAMBERS, THE HOUSE AND THE 16:46:32 SENATE, BUT YOU HAVE SIMPLY MAJORITARIAN ABSOLUTE POWER ON 16:46:37 EITHER SIDE, AND THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT THE FOUNDERS INTENDED," 16:46:42 BARACK OBAMA, SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, SAID. 16:46:44 SO HERE WE ARE. YES, IT'S HISTORIC. 16:46:48 IT'S HISTORIC. AND IT'S HISTORIC WHAT WE HAVE 16:46:50 SEEN TAKE PLACE FROM THE BEGINNING. 16:46:53 WE HAVE SEEN THE SPECIAL INTERESTS. 16:46:56 WE HAVE SEEN THE VOTES -- THE PROVISIONS IN THESE BILLS THAT 16:47:02 CARVE OUT SPECIAL DEALS FOR SPECIAL INTEREST AND SPECIAL 16:47:09 STATES, SUCH AS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, THE $100 MILLION 16:47:15 INSERTED IN THIS 2,733-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT GIVES -- BUILDS A 16:47:22 HOSPITAL IN CONNECTICUT. WHY CONNECTICUT? 16:47:26 WHY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? WHY IS IT THAT THERE ARE THESE 16:47:31 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTRY? 16:47:36 WHAT ABOUT -- I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S HISTORIC IN THE SPECIAL 16:47:40 DEALS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT FOR PHARMA, FOR THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 16:47:43 ASSOCIATION, FOR THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, FOR THE UNIONS IN 16:47:47 THE TAXATION OF CADILLAC PLANS, AND EVERYBODY'S GOT A DEAL BUT 16:47:51 THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN. 16:47:54 HOW MANY AMERICANS, HOW MANY ORDINARY AMERICANS THAT ARE, 16:47:59 SAY, ENROLLEES IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE IN MY STATE WHO ARE 16:48:02 GOING TO SEE THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM CUT 16:48:04 DRASTICALLY, HOW MANY OF THEM WERE ALLOWED IN THE MAJORITY 16:48:07 LEADER'S OFFICE? HOW MANY WERE ALLOWED IN THE 16:48:11 SPEAKER'S OFFICE? HOW MANY OF THEM WERE ALLOWED IN 16:48:14 THE WHITE HOUSE AS THE SPECIAL INTEREST REPRESENTATIVES WENT IN 16:48:17 AND OUT? SO THERE'S WINNERS AND LOSERS, 16:48:20 THAT'S WHAT IS BEING JUDGED HERE. 16:48:23 WINNERS -- THE WINNERS WILL BE THOSE WHO LIVE IN FAVORED 16:48:27 STATES, WILL HAVE SPECIAL DEALS. THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO ARE 16:48:32 WINNERS, THE PHARMA, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, THE UNIONS. 16:48:35 AGAIN, MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHARMA. 16:48:38 THEY'RE RUNNING $100 MILLION-AND-SOME WORTH OF ADS 16:48:42 FAVORING THIS DEAL BECAUSE THEY GOT A DEAL THAT'S WORTH 16:48:45 BILLIONS. WORTH BILLIONS. 16:48:46 AS I'VE QUOTED ON THE FLOOR SEVERAL TIMES, THEIR HEAD 16:48:50 LOBBYISTS ARE $2 MILLION-A-YEAR LOBBYISTS, SAID, A DEAL IS A 16:48:54 DEAL, WE EXPECT THE WHITE HOUSE TO KEEP IT. 16:48:58 SO -- SO WHO ARE THE LOSERS? WHO ARE THE LOSERS? 16:49:01 WELL, THE FIRST LOSER I THINK IS THE UNITED STATES SENATE. 16:49:07 BECAUSE, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS RECONCILIATION REQUIRING ONLY 51 16:49:11 VOTES IS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM ANYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE 16:49:15 PAST, AND I DO NOT ACCEPT THE STATEMENT THAT IT'S BEEN DONE IN 16:49:20 THE PAST. NOT WHEN IT -- NOT WHEN IT 16:49:23 AFFECTS ONE-SIXTH OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND IS A DIRECT 16:49:27 RESULT OF THE VOTE OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT GAVE THIS 16:49:29 SIDE 41 VOTES. IF YOU STILL HAD 60 VOTES, WE 16:49:34 WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS ON RECONCILIATION, WE WOULD BE 16:49:36 DOING IT IN THE REGULAR WAY WE ADDRESS LEGISLATION. 16:49:40 LEGISLATION THROUGH THE HOUSE, LEGISLATION THROUGH THE SENATE, 16:49:42 A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, A FINAL VOTE. 16:49:47 BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD A FINAL VOTE BECAUSE THERE'S 41 VOTES 16:49:52 NOW, NOT 60. SO THE SENATE IS A MEASURE 16:50:00 CASUALTY OF THIS PROCESS. BUT THE BIGGEST LOSERS PROBABLY 16:50:02 ARE AVERAGE CITIZENS. AVERAGE CITIZENS WHO WERE TOLD 16:50:07 THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE JUDGED THIS TO BE DEFICIT 16:50:13 NEUTRAL AND THAT IT WOULD NOT COST THE TAXPAYERS ADDITIONAL 16:50:17 MONEY. I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH 16:50:19 THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA WHO SAID CLEARLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO 16:50:23 CUT PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS BY 21%, SO, THEREFORE, THE ASSUMPTION 16:50:27 THAT THEY GAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE IS FALSE. 16:50:29 IS FALSE. SO IT REALLY, BEFORE YOU GO ANY 16:50:33 FURTHER, IT'S ALREADY $150 BILLION DEFICIT. 16:50:36 BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT PHYSICIANS' 16:50:40 PAYMENTS BY 21%. SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THE 16:50:47 ONES WHO NEVER HAD ACCESS TO GET A SPECIAL DEAL. 16:50:53 330,000 CITIZENS OF MY STATE WHO ARE -- WHO HAVE ENJOYED AND 16:50:58 CHOSEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM ARE NOW GOING TO SEE 16:51:01 THOSE BENEFITS SLASHED. BUT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN WHO 16:51:06 THINKS TODAY THAT THERE IS A HUGE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THEIR 16:51:10 LIVES AND THAT OF THE LIFE THAT'S LED HERE AND THE WAY WE 16:51:17 DO BUSINESS HERE. LAST SATURDAY I WAS IN MY OWN 16:51:19 HOME STATE OF ARIZONA, I DID TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, ONE IN 16:51:25 PRESCOTT AND ONE IN EAST VALLEY, PHOENIX. 16:51:27 AND PEOPLE ARE HURTING. PEOPLE ARE HURTING, AND THEY'RE 16:51:29 ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, AND THEY FEEL THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT 16:51:32 BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND WASHINGTON. 16:51:33 AND I COME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THEY'RE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE IN 16:51:38 CELEBRATION OF HISTORIC VICTORY. AMERICANS DON'T GET IT. 16:51:45 AMERICANS DON'T GET IT. THEY'RE ANGRY. 16:51:48 THEY'RE FRUSTRATED. AND I WANT TO ASSURE THEM, I 16:51:52 WANT TO ASSURE THEM THAT THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER, THAT WE WILL 16:51:56 TAKE IT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF 16:52:00 AMERICA. WE'LL HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS 16:52:01 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE WILL REGISTER VOTERS, AND WE 16:52:06 WILL URGE THEM TO TURN OUT, AND WE WILL URGE THEM TO TAKE PART 16:52:12 OF IN ONE OF THE MOST SEISMIC ELECTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS 16:52:15 COUNTRY. NOW, I KNOW THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS 16:52:17 SAYING, WELL, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. 16:52:19 WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE ON. 16:52:20 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK AND TIRED 16:52:23 OF THE SPENDING AND THE GENERATIONAL THEFT THAT WE HAVE 16:52:27 COMMITTED ON FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS. 16:52:30 AND THIS IS ONLY ONE PART OF THEIR FRUSTRATION. 16:52:34 IT'S A BIG PART. BUT IT'S ONLY ONE PART. 16:52:37 SO I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I SAY THAT THIS 16:52:41 FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. THIS STRUGGLE TO REGAIN CONTROL 16:52:48 OF THIS BODY AND THIS INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., 16:52:53 AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WILL GO ON. 16:52:56 I HAVE A GREAT FAITH IN THIS COUNTRY AND ITS FUTURE AND 16:52:59 THAT'S WHY I'M CONFIDENT THAT OVER TIME, SOONER OR LATER WE 16:53:02 WILL GO BACK AND WE WILL REPEAL AND WE WILL REPLACE, WE WILL 16:53:08 REPLACE THIS HUGE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER WITH MEDICAL 16:53:11 MALPRACTICE REFORM, WITH GOING ACROSS STATE LINES TO GET 16:53:14 INSURANCE OF YOUR CHOICE, TO REWARD WELLNESS AND FITNESS, TO 16:53:18 ESTABLISH RISK POOLS THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL BID ON 16:53:21 IN ORDER TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITION 16:53:25 CONDITIONS. WE HAVE A LONG LIST THAT WE WILL 16:53:30 REPLACE THIS MORTGAGING OF AMERICA'S FUTURE WITH THAT WILL 16:53:34 BE WHAT ALL AMERICANS WANT AND THAT IS TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY 16:53:37 OF HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA AND AT THE SAME TIME BRING COSTS UNDER 16:53:44 CONTROL. I WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR FROM 16:53:45 NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. 16:53:46 I WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR FROM MONTANA FOR HIS COURTESY DURING 16:53:50 THIS DEBATE OVER THESE DAYS AND WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS, ON DAYS 16:53:55 AND NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. AND I WANT TO ASSURE MY 16:53:58 COLLEAGUES, THIS DEBATE IS FAR FROM OVER. 16:54:02 I YIELD THE FLOOR. MR. GREGG: WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, 16:54:04 I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA FOR HIS EXCELLENT 16:54:09 SUMMATION OF WHERE THIS ISSUE LIES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE 16:54:13 AMERICAN PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT THAT STATEMENT WILL 16:54:16 BE READ ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT WAS A REFLECTION OF 16:54:20 THE CONCERNS WHICH ARE LEGITIMATE AND WHICH ARE BEING 16:54:24 EXPRESSED BY VAST AMOUNTS OF AMERICANS. 16:54:26 AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IT SHOULD BE EXPRESSED BY THE SENATOR FROM 16:54:29 ARIZONA BECAUSE HE IS SO MUCH A PERSONALITY OF THIS NATION AND A 16:54:33 FORCE WITHIN OUR POLITICAL PROCESS. 16:54:35 AND I WOULD RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 16:54:42 MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 16:54:44 SENATOR FROM MONTANA. MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL 16:54:45 YIELD TO THE DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN OF THE "HELP" 16:54:50 COMMITTEE, WHO'S INVOLVED IN HEALTH LEGISLATION, EDUCATION 16:54:56 LEGISLATION. AND I YIELD TO HIM -- MIGHT I 16:54:58 ASK, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT? 16:55:00 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: 11 MINUTES, 48 SECONDS. 16:55:02 MR. BAUCUS: MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD AS MUCH TIME TO THE 16:55:05 SENATOR AS HE WISHES TO TAKE, INCLUDING 11 MINUTES AND 48 16:55:08 SECONDS. MR. HARKIN: I THANK YOU. 16:55:10 MR. PRESIDENT? MR. PRESIDENT? 16:55:11 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM IOWA. 16:55:13 MR. HARKIN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND FROM 16:55:15 MONTANA, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 16:55:17 I THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS GREAT LEADERSHIP. 16:55:22 AND ALSO SENATOR DODD, WHO JUST SPOKE. 16:55:25 I MIGHT JUST -- IF I MIGHT JUST ADD A LITTLE HISTORICAL 16:55:29 FOOTNOTE. SENATOR BAUCUS, CHAIRMAN OF THE 16:55:31 FINANCE COMMITTEE; SENATOR DODD, WHO LED THE EFFORT THROUGH THE 16:55:35 "HELP" COMMITTEE; MYSELF, AS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE "HELP" 16:55:41 COMMITTEE; CHAIRMAN MILLER ON THE HOUSE SIDE, CHAIRMAN OF THE 16:55:43 EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE, AND; CHAIRMAN WAXMAN, THE 16:55:48 CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE, ALL OF WHOM HAD BIG 16:55:52 PARTS OF THE WHOLE HEALTH CARE BILL TO DEVELOP. 16:55:55 HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE. WE WERE ALL SWORN IN ON THE SAME 16:55:57 DAY IN JANUARY OF 1975. IT WAS A GREAT CLASS AND OUR 16:56:02 CLASSMATES, AS HISTORY WOULD HAVE IT, SURVIVED TO BE ABLE TO 16:56:06 PUT TOGETHER THIS GREAT HEALTH CARE BILL. 16:56:09 AND I AGAIN WANT TO THANK MY -- MY LONGTIME FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE 16:56:12 FROM MONTANA, SENATOR BAUCUS, FOR HIS EXTREME PATIENCE AND HIS 16:56:17 ENDURANCE IN GETTING TO US THIS POINT. 16:56:21 MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF AN HISTORIC WEEK IN THE 16:56:24 NATION'S CAPITAL. HEALTH REFORM IS NO LONGER A 16:56:27 BILL -- IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND. 16:56:29 IT'S BEEN SIGNED. AND JUST AS THE HISTORY BOOKS 16:56:31 REMEMBER 1935 AS THE YEAR F.D.R. SIGNED SOCIAL SECURITY INTO LAW, 16:56:37 1965 WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED MEDICARE INTO LAW, THEY'LL NOW 16:56:39 REMEMBER THE YEAR 2010 AS THE YEAR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 16:56:44 SIGNED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH REFORM INTO LAW. 16:56:47 EACH OF THESE THREE BILLS MARKED A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR THE 16:56:50 AMERICAN PEOPLE. EACH WAS STRIDENTLY OPPOSED BY 16:56:53 THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND DEFENDERS OF THE STATUS QUO. 16:56:56 BUT IN THE END, IN 1935, IN 1965, AND NOW IN 2010, A 16:57:03 CRITICAL MASS OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ROSE TO THE 16:57:05 HISTORIC OCCASION. THEY VOTED THEIR HOPES, NOT 16:57:10 THEIR FEARS. THEY CREATED A BETTER, FAIRER, 16:57:14 MORE COMPASSIONATE AMERICA FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. 16:57:19 AS A NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST RECENTLY PUT IT, "THEE 16:57:26 NEW HEALTH REFORM LAW IS -- AND I QUOTE -- "A VICTORY FOR 16:57:30 AMERICA'S SOUL." "A VICTORY FOR AMERICA'S SOUL." 16:57:33 AT LONG LAST WE ARE REALIZING SENATOR TED KENNEDY'S GREAT 16:57:37 DREAM OF EXTENDING ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH 16:57:39 INSURANCE TO EVERY AMERICAN. WE'RE ENDING THE LAST SHAMEFUL 16:57:44 BASTION OF LEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION IN OUR COUNTRY. 16:57:50 THINK ABOUT IT. OVER THE DECADES, WE HAVE 16:57:53 OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN. 16:57:56 WE HAVE OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER AND RELIGION. 16:58:01 WE'VE OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE AND DISABILITY. 16:58:06 BUT UNTIL NOW, IT HAS BEEN PERFECTLY LEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE 16:58:11 AGAINST OUR FELLOW AMERICANS BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. 16:58:17 BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. AND TO EXCLUDE TENS OF MILLIONS 16:58:20 OF OUR CITIZENS FROM DECENT HEALTH CARE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY 16:58:23 COULD NOT AFFORD INSURANCE OR AFFORD HEALTH CARE. 16:58:28 BLATANT DISCRIMINATION. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED 16:58:32 HEALTH REFORM INTO LAW ON TUESDAY, HE SET IN MOTION A 16:58:37 SERIES OF CHANGES THAT WILL TEAR DOWN THESE LAST BARRIERS OF 16:58:42 DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION. THAT TRULY IS A GREAT MORAL 16:58:47 VICTORY. IT IS, INDEED, A VICTORY FOR 16:58:51 AMERICA'S SOUL. MR. PRESIDENT, OUR WORK IS NOT 16:58:55 DONE. THE RECONCILIATION BILL NOW 16:58:56 BEFORE US INCLUDES A NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE 16:59:00 NEW HEALTH REFORM LAW. IT ALSO INCLUDES REFORMS IN THE 16:59:04 STUDENT LENDING PROGRAM THAT IN THEIR OWN WAY ARE ALSO PROFOUND 16:59:08 AND HISTORIC. I REGRET THAT THESE LANDMARK 16:59:11 EDUCATION REFORMS HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE ATTENTION THEY 16:59:14 DESERVE. SENATOR DODD, I JUST LISTENED TO 16:59:17 HIS SPEECH, OUTLINED

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AUTHORITIES IN PHOENIX SAY A SERIAL SHOOTER IS NOW LINKED TO NINE CASES, SEVEN OF THEM FATAL. 
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HE SEEMS TO CHOOSE HIS VICTIMS RANDOMLY.
APPROACHES THEM QUICKLY, AT NIGHT AND BLASTS THEM WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN.
(TONIGHT) PHOENIX POLICE TELL CNN: THE SERIAL SHOOTER IN THEIR CITY HAS STRUCK AGAIN.
(Sgt. Jonathan Howard, Phoenix Police Dept.) "A 21-year-old man and a 4-year-old boy were in a car. It was during that time that we believe the serial street shooter shot at the car. Fortunately neither the man nor the child were struck."
THAT WAS ON JULY 11TH. 
IT"S TAKEN WEEKS FOR INVESTIGATORS TO ESTABLISH THAT THIS WAS INDEED THE SAME MAN WHO THEY SAYHAS KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE IN NINE ATTACKS SINCE MARCH.
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TARGETED TWICE INCLUDING 12-YEAR-OLD MALEAH ELLIS SHOT AND KILLED AS SHE LISTENED TO MUSIC INSIDE A CAR.
AUTHORITIES HAVE RAISED THE REWARD TO 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS, PUT OUT THIS SKETCH OF THE SUSPECT.
POLICE TELL US HE"S LIKELY A HISPANIC MAN, IN HIS 20"s, TALL AND THIN.
PROFILERS SAY HE"S A NARCISSISTIC PSYCHOPATH.
(Pat Brown, Criminal Profiler) "What we have here is a person who cares about nobody but himself. He gets a big thrill out of anything that draws attention to him. He wants to feel powerful and in control. He has no empathy whatsoever."
AND NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO ANY OF HIS VICTIMS.
BUT HE DOES HAVE AN M-O.
POLICE SAY SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS WERE IN EAST-CENTRAL PHOENIX, INCLUDING THE LAST ONE.
BUT MOST HAVE OCCURRED IN A BLUE-COLLAR SECTION OF WEST PHOENIX, CALLED MARYVALE.
"What does the pattern tell you?"
(Tom Fuentes, Former Assistant FBI Director) "What"s clear is he"s comfortable in both sides of the city, east and west- maybe because he knows a place to park that he considers safe and far enough away when he does these shootings. Maybe he"s lived in the neighborhood, worked in the neighborhood."
CNN IS TOLD INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE GUNMAN WORKS IN A MECHANIC-SHOP OR A CAR-SALES LOT.
POLICE BELIEVE HE HAS ACCESS TO MULTIPLE VEHICLES TWO ARE DESCRIBED AS A WHITE CADILLAC OR LINCOLN-TYPE VEHICLE, AND A DARK "5-SERIES" B-M-W SEDAN, FROM THE LATE-90"s OR EARLY-2000"s.
HE ALWAYS APPROACHES HIS VICTIMS IN A CAR AND GETS AWAY IN A CAR.
HE MAY HAVE AN ACCOMPLICE. HOW COULD THIS KILLER SLIP-UP?
(Pat Brown, Criminal Profiler) "I think The biggest mistake this particular individual might make is that he"s starting to think he"s invisible, like a phantom; "Hey this composite has been out there and nobody"s turned me in. They talk about my vehicles and nobody"s turned me in." 
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PHOENIX POLICE SAY THAT UNLIKE HIS PREVIOUS ATTACKS THE SHOOTER NEVER GOT OUT OF HIS CAR DURING THE LAST ATTEMPT.
ANALYSTS SAY THAT MEANS EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE FROM HIS GUN CAN LIKELY BE DETECTED INSIDE THE CAR IN THE SEATS OR THE INTERIOR LINING.
THAT COULD BE AN IMPORTANT CLUE FOR POLICE IF THEY CAN FIND THAT VEHICLE.
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Man leads police on a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood

WIDE ANGLE DRIVING POV FROM CAR OR CONVERTIBLE BEHIND SALEEN S281 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE AND CADILLAC ESCALADE SUV SPEEDING DOWN SUNSET BOULEVARD NEAR HOLLYWOOD. PALM TREES AND STOREFRONTS. SWERVING THROUGH INTERSECTION, NEARLY CAUSING COLLISIONS. CAR CHASES.

WIDE ANGLE OF BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE AND SALEEN S281 SILVER FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE DRIVING ON CITY STREET AS LAPD POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHTS OR BIZBARS FLIPS OVER. PALM TREES, "BRONSON" AND "FWY ALL, 101 NORTH" STREET SIGNS IN BACKGROUND. HOLLYWOOD BLVD. COULD BE FOR POLICE ACTION OR POLICE CHASE. CAR STUNTS. 48 FPS.

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MEDIUM UP ANGLE OF PALM TREES. PANS DOWN TO SIDE STREET IN VENICE BEACH WITH HIPPIES SITTING AND WALKING. SEE FLAGS, TENTS, BUSES, AND POSTERS OF PEACE SIGNS AND ANTI-WAR. SEE 1949 BLUE CADILLAC SERIES 62 APPEAR FROM BACK LEFT AND TURN TO RIGHT FRONT.

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WIDE ANGLE OF CARS OR TRAFFIC WAITING AT CITY STREET STOPLIGHT AS BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE RUNS RED LIGHT. CAR SWERVES IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. BILLBOARDS, PALM TREES AND DENNY'S FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN BACKGROUND. COULD BE FOR CAR CRASH, CHASE, ACCIDENT, OR COLLISION. SPEEDING CAR.

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MEDIUM ANGLE OF ONCOMING CARS OR TRAFFIC DRIVING ON CITY STREET LINED WITH PALM TREES. BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE SWERVES AROUND CARS AS SALEEN S281 SILVER FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE AND POLICE CARS WITH BIZBARS OR FLASHING LIGHTS CHASE FROM BEHIND.

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WIDE ANGLE MOVING POV STRAIGHT FORWARD OF CAR DRIVING BEHIND SALEEN S281 SILVER FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE AND CADILLAC ESCALADE OR SUV ON CITY STREET LINED WITH PALM TREES AND TWO STORY BUILDINGS. MULTI-STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND. CAR POV OF FLIPPING OVER ONTO STREET. COULD BE CAR CHASE OR ACCIDENT.

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WIDE ANGLE OF BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE SWERVING AROUND CITY STREET CORNER AND DRIVING TOWARDS CAMERA AS SALEEN S281 SILVER FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE AND POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHTS OR BIZBARS CHASE FROM BEHIND. STREET LINED WITH "SUNSET" STREET SIGN, "HOLLYWOOD SPRING & AXLE" BUILDING SIGN, TWO STORY AND ONE STORY BUILDINGS, AND LIQUOR STORE. PALM TREES AND HOLLYWOOD HILLS IN BACKGROUND. SPEEDING CARS. POLICE ACTION AND POLICE CHASE. 22 FPS.

WIDE ANGLE OF SALEEN S281 SILVER FORD MUSTANG SWERVING AND DRIVING AFTER BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE ON CITY STREET. PALM TREES, TRAFFIC, AND "FWY ALL, 101 NORTH" SIGN IN BACKGROUND. SPEEDING CARS. CAR CHASE. 22 FPS.

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WIDE ANGLE OF CARS OR TRAFFIC WAITING AT CITY STREET INTERSECTION AS SPEEDING CAR, BLACK SUV, OR CADILLAC ESCALADE SWERVES AROUND CARS. TREES, PALM TREES AND TWO STORY BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND. COULD BE FOR CAR CHASE. SUNSET BLVD.

WIDE ANGLE MOVING POV STRAIGHT FORWARD OF CAR DRIVING BEHIND POLICE CARS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS OR BIZBARS AND SALEEN S2810 SILVER FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE DRIVING AFTER BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE. CARS SWERVE AROUND TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS. MULTI-STORY OFFICE BUILDING AND PALM TREES IN BACKGROUND. COULD BE FOR CAR CHASE, POLICE ACTION, OR POLICE CHASE.

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WIDE ANGLE MOVING POV 3/4 RIGHT FORWARD FROM SPEEDING CAR POV OF DRIVING AFTER BLACK SUV OR CADILLAC ESCALADE ON CITY STREET. CARS SWERVE AROUND CAR CRASH, ACCIDENT, OR COLLISION IN INTERSECTION. PALM TREES IN BACKGROUND. CAR CHASE. SUNSET BLVD.