Can I get an "Amen" for Rep. Earl Blumenauer?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

From his Blog on HuffPost:

For the past many weeks, my office has been bombarded with calls from people calling for passage of health insurance reform, and I am firmly with them. After more than a year of public debate, tonight the Budget Committee will take a major step towards final passage of legislation. This will mean the difference between life and death for millions of Americans.

This bill will not be perfect, but it's impossible to conceive of the harsh reality that would follow failure to enact health insurance reform legislation. Voting against reform would result in millions of Americans losing their coverage, premiums skyrocketing for families and small businesses, and rate hikes like the offensive 39% increase Anthem Blue Cross proposed for California.

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I will continue to fight for better health insurance reforms over the next weeks, months and years, and I am confident that whatever we enact this Congress will not be what we have a decade from now. Improvements will be made, and I will work to make sure a public option is one of them.

For those who suggest I vote against this bill, thereby denying millions of Americans the coverage they deserve and continuing current insurance industry policies and practices, I strongly and publicly disagree. The only pledge I'm making is to protect and insure as many Americans as possible.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/the-pledge-im-making_b_499983.html">The Pledge I'm Making

[lamp_shade]

1. Amen.

[NJmaverick]

2. Amen for a Congressman that cares

:patriot:

[flpoljunkie]

3. Yes. The status quo is both unacceptable and unsustainable.

[insanity]

4. Oregon continues to kick ass

[classof56]

7. Yes we do!

Way to go, Earl!

[Jennicut]

5. Glad to see he got lots of calls "for" the bill. We never hear about it in the media.

Wonder why....

[Cha]

10. We hear about those who don't want the

bill 'cause they listen to brainwash central.

[HughMoran]

6. Nicely said n/t

[Dappleganger]

8. Amen! nt

[Cha]

9. Oregon..I bet so!

Thanks Jeff!

Now if my blue dog would only..

So today, OFA supporters are taking the next step in the Final March for Reform: Writing to Congress. Using our online tool, it just takes a few minutes to write and send your own letter directly to Rep. Michael Arcuri at [phone].

[DrToast]

11. Was he an undecided?

[merkins]

12. Earl Blumenauer pledged to vote against any bill without a Public Option

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/16/tell-earl-blumenauer-to-keep-his-pledge-or-give-the-money-back/">Earl Blumenauer was one of 65 members of Congress who pledged to vote against any bill without a public option.

Your only good as your word Earl.