Floor Statement by Senator Baucus Re: Constitutionality of Health Care Reform

by Gary Kopycinski on December 23, 2009

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2009. The following is the floor statement delivered by Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) regarding the constitutionality of health care reform.

“Mr. President, some of my Colleagues on the other side of the aisle have asserted that the penalty that is proposed under the bill before us for failing to maintain health coverage is unconstitutional. And the Senator from Nevada, Senator Ensign, has raised a point of order that is now pending.

Those…