S.Amdt. 442

SA 442. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 698, after line 25, insert the following:

[[Page S1743]]

SEC. 4204A. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH CARE REFORM.

It is the Sense of the Senate that--
(1) comprehensive health care reform legislation, which
provides coverage to all Americans, improves the quality of
health care in America, and contains the costs in our health
care system, is the most effective way to address our Federal
deficits and truly secure our economic stability; and
(2) reform of health care is an essential element of
economic recovery and will bring down the cost of
entitlements as it brings down health care costs.
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