Durbin Statement on the Public Option

by Gary Kopycinski on October 27, 2009

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WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2009. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today made the following statement regarding the news that the Senate health care bill will include a public option:

“For weeks, Majority Leader Harry Reid has worked to forge an important consensus within our Caucus and with the White House in support of a public health insurance option. Because of his efforts, today we are within reach of an historic achievement — providing access to health care…