MEDIA ADVISORY, Thursday, June 27, 2007
CONTACT: Yoni Cohen, Stark (202) 225-3202

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representative Pete Stark (CA-13), Chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, today issued the following statement in response to President Bush's remarks on health care.

"President Bush's proposal was dead on arrival five months ago. Nothing's changed. Bush is trying to use his proposal to sideline a Democratic effort to provide health coverage to millions more children. Rather than expand a successful program, Bush's plan would pull the rug out from under the 160 million working families who currently receive health care through their employer. His plan wouldn't reform our health care system, it would destroy it. If you trust Republicans' Iraq policy, you should trust their judgment on health care as well."