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February 25, 2010                                                                             

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WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today:

"Despite the best hopes of the American people, today’s health care summit proved to be exactly what they feared most – another PR event for President Obama and Washington Democrats at the expense of bipartisan progress and true health care reform.  For well over a year, Democrats have been ignoring the concerns of voters and their unwillingness to scrap their already rejected government-run bill is just further proof that they don’t plan on changing.  Even more disappointing, it now seems that the purpose of this so-called bipartisan summit wasn’t actually bipartisan compromise but rather political theater to provide cover for reconciliation, a parliamentary trick the American people stand firmly against.  House and Senate Republicans have consistently offered common-sense incremental reforms that will make health care more affordable, accessible and will protect the doctor-patient relationship without adding to the national deficit but these ideas have been consistently ignored.  But this debate isn’t about whether the president can fit a couple GOP ideas into his massive liberal plan, it’s about two fundamentally different approaches to governing and what is best for America.  Very simply, President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats trust government bureaucrats in Washington to oversee Americans’ health care and Republicans trust the American people, empowered with market-based solutions, to improve health care.”