
Congressman Paul Ryan (WI-01) on MSNBC's Morning Joe September 23, 2009 Co-hosts: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski - Paul Ryan on Health Care: A Plan Forward: www.house.gov - Become a Fan of Paul Ryan on Facebook: www.facebook.com - Follow Paul Ryan on Twitter: twitter.com -- Joe: While some lawmakers were relaxing on their August recess, Congressman Paul Ryan was holding 17, count em, 17 town hall meetings on health care in his home state of Wisconsin in just 10 days. Paul Ryan: The bully pulpit is trying to get this message out that we Republicans dont have anything to offer, when in fact thats really not the case. Many of us, as you know, Joe, have offered bold alternatives to this healthcare legislation and on all the big issues of today - whether it was energy, budget, the stimulus plan. We have been putting alternatives out there, but most people dont even know weve done that. So some may think were criticizing just for the sake of criticizing when, in fact, we really have a problem in the direction of these bills and we have offered principled, alternatives. Joe: You see polls that say if health care goes down, theyre doing to blame Republicans in Congress. If you have a viable alternative, how are you getting that message out? Paul: The problem we have is were never going to be able to have our alternatives voted on. Maybe [Senator] Tom Coburn will put our bill on the floor in the Senate, but were not going to be able to have a Republican alternative considered <b>...</b>
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