Fiegen Responds to Grassley Statement
Released by Tom Fiegen
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Tom Fiegen, today responded to Senator Chuck Grassley’s prepared statement on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Fiegen is a former state senator from Cedar County and a bankruptcy attorney in Cedar Rapids. He is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2010 election.)
“When we are faced with a problem, like 47 million Americans without any insurance coverage, and the rest of us one pink slip away from losing our health insurance, we have the choice of doing something or doing nothing,” said Fiegen. “Senator Grassley’s statement clearly shows that he is favor of doing nothing.”
“We all know in Iowa that Chuck Grassley was told by the Senate Republican leadership to walk away from the health care negotiations or lose his committee assignments,” Fiegen said. “So Chuck Grassley has put party and his personal ambitions in the Senate ahead of uninsured and underinsured Iowans. This is exactly the problem, we have an elected Senator who puts politics above the needs of the people.”
“Now, in this prepared statement, Chuck Grassley is blowing smoke about health care reform and his lack of courage in standing up to the “Do Nothing” heads of his party,” said Fiegen. “Iowans deserve a U.S. Senator who will work to solve the problems facing Iowa and the country, not someone who makes excuses for his lack of courage and leadership.”
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