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September 9, 2009

Sessions Joins Colleagues to Receive 1.3 Million Health Care Petitions


Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-32) today joined other House Republican leaders and Senators to receive over 1.3 million petitions against government-run health care. Organized by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and Salem Radio Network, the constituent signature drive marks the largest policy petition delivery on record.

The record-breaking health care petitions arrived by ambulance at a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon. In addition to Sessions, press conference participants included Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), NCPA President John Goodman, and Salem Radio Network hosts Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt.

“The American people are not buying Congressional Democrats’ government-run health care prescription for higher costs, fewer choices, more taxes, deeper deficits, and interference in the patient/doctor relationship,” Sessions stated. “Thanks to the organizational efforts of the NCPA and Salem Radio Network, more than 1.3 million Americans are now voicing this opinion through the largest ever health care petition delivery to Congress.”


On May 25, 2009, NCPA and Salem Radio Network launched the “Free Our Health Care Now” petition, providing an opportunity for over a million Americans to voice their opposition to increasing the role of government in health care. Additionally, the petition outlines support for patient-centered priorities, including the right of Americans to choose their own doctors and coverage, total access to quality care, fairness in the health care tax code, and portability in health coverage.

“Today, more than a million Americans stood up and were counted in the debate over how best to repair a dysfunctional health care system,” said NCPA President John Goodman. “To the naysayers who have dismissed the town hall protestors as unrepresentative of the American people as a whole, we present this petition as evidence the opposition is real, it is deep, and it extends to voters in all 50 states.”

“The need for reform is clear,” said Sessions, “and the American people should see Congress working in a bipartisan effort to craft patient-centered solutions that will lower costs, expand coverage, prioritize access to quality care, and increase patient choice through competition in the marketplace. It’s past time for Congress to start listening to the American people.”

The National Center for Policy Analysis is a nonpartisan, conservative public policy research organization based in Dallas, Texas. Salem Radio Network is a satellite radio network that serves over 2,000 affiliate radio stations across the nation, including KSKY 660 AM in Dallas/Fort Worth. For more information on the “Free Our Health Care Now” petition, visit www.freeourhealthcarenow.com or http://mediakit.ncpa.org. 

 

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