Health Care Can Pass

" house leaders won't bring it to the floor until they're sure. They have enough votes but congressman Danny Davis says he's behind the bill 100%. Illinois Democrat is the co chair of the congressional black caucus welcome to the show representative Davis. So. Do you. Do you feel confident that the votes are there to get this passed tomorrow."

" I think we're very close and I think the leadership as well as the White House. Are continuing to negotiate. And work with individuals who aren't quite certain about where they are. There is very core. Solid group of Democrats. Who are rated to vote for the bill tonight if we headed on the floor."

" Representative Davis will bring the vote tomorrow if did not sure they have -- it can be passed what they -- chance that kind of embarrassment. Well legislative renal treatment to do that and so if they've."

" Remove votes tomorrow but it really means that we who worked out what over the difficult dissolve. That we have to have gotten assurances. From Democrats especially. But there will be enough over us devote all of the field. There have been some problems -- have been some negotiations. But I think those have been going well and while we don't have a report yet. Just how well they don't I think there were going to be all right for tomorrow and before them that you move over will be out of here with -- bill."

" Correct so representative Davis let's say this doesn't happening you don't get this bill through before the recess does that really diminish the chances of this ever getting past."

" Well I don't they did it it it certainly does not help. But I think we'll still working and we will be worked -- we know about the American people. The vast majority of the American people. Want to see meaningful. Health reform. We're just have a little bit of difficulty given -- It's like everybody want to go to heaven but sometimes nobody want to die but real work it out and we'll work through it. And we're gonna make it happen."

" Oh or sometimes people don't want to die in a car crash they -- the die honestly -- I -- Americans definitely want some sort of health care reform. But there's a lot of resistance to the price tag in the unknowns that this bill. Well the reality is that the price tags."

" Will really be nothing more than an investment. You know and I know and everybody knows that when you invest in good health care. The returns are people won't have to go to the emergency room they won't get as sick. The hospital bills won't cost as much it won't be -- and they will have a chance to kind of slip away ultimately. In to never neverland. After they've reached the ripe old you."

" With all due respect though a lot of people don't consider this an investment but just a lot of spending. That that no one knows where the money's gonna come from the -- talk about some of these other entitlement programs they are run away in the entitlements going up to 35 years are in the trillions of dollars. That's not an investment. Except that these."

" Please we do know. We know that if you've got to adopt the Jews feel a regular basis. In all likelihood you won't find yourself in the emergency room of -- hospital. We know whether you kitchen illness early. In all likelihood you will not reach the point where you're gonna have to help major surgery. All where you're going to end up on life support. Cost -- thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars to win over these investments work they are proven. And it's what the American economy needs a writing representative Danny Davis really appreciate your time this afternoon. Thank -- so."