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Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important.

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

It is critical that we pass legislation to dramatically reform our health insurance system, and this reform should include a genuine public option, universal coverage, an end to insurance policy rescissions, and no restrictions against covering people with pre-existing conditions.

One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.

Well, first let me say that I think health care reform is important. It has to be a priority. And our system is broken. The Finance Committee bill is the best effort yet, due in large measure to the efforts of my colleague, Olympia Snowe, but it's not there yet. It falls short.

We can have the best health insurance options in the world, and people still won't get needed care if we don't increase our supply of primary care physicians and nurses.

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

Health care should be affordable for everyone.