June 15, 2010 —
“Recent press reports indicate that you are co-chairing what appears to be a well funded, albeit desperate, effort by Washington’s liberal establishment to try yet again to sell the public on something they know they don’t want and they know is wrong.
“The American people would be well served to hear us debate your unfettered support of the nationalization of our health care system, and to hear just how wrong you are. I welcome the opportunity to debate you anytime and anyplace about ObamaCare.”
– Governor Pataki to Senator Daschle
Washington – Governor George Pataki, Chairman of Revere America, today challenged former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle to debate the health care reform bill. Pataki’s challenge comes on the heels of press reports indicating that former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle will serve as co-chair of The Health Information Center – a new organization that is being formed to defend the health care reform bill.
Pataki issued the challenge in a letter delivered to Daschle’s office today. The text of that letter follows:
June 15, 2010
The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle
500 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Senator Daschle:
63 percent of likely voters want ObamaCare repealed because the more the American people learn about what this law is and what this law does, the more they just don’t like it.
Every day the American people understand more and more that ObamaCare is a dangerous overreach of government that takes away their freedom, that it jeopardizes jobs and the economy, and that it threatens to fundamentally alter the patient-physician relationship and reduce our high standards of medical care.
Revere America was recently launched to help harness and amplify the voices of the American public on this vital issue. In just six short weeks more than 125,000 people from all 50 states have signed our petition to repeal ObamaCare and replace with the common-sense reforms the people want and our health care system needs.
Recent press reports indicate that you are co-chairing what appears to be a well funded, albeit desperate, effort by Washington’s liberal establishment to try yet again to sell the public on something they know they don’t want and they know is wrong.
The American people would be well served to hear us debate your unfettered support of the nationalization of our health care system, and to hear just how wrong you are. I welcome the opportunity to debate you anytime and anyplace about ObamaCare.
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Governor George Pataki
Chairman
About Revere America
Chaired by Governor George Pataki, Revere America is dedicated to advancing common sense public policies rooted in our traditions of freedom and free markets that will once again make America secure and prosperous for generations to come.
Revere America’s national petition drive to collect one million signatures of like-minded Americans who want to repeal and replace the health care reform bill was launched in Boston on April 18th – the 235th Anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride and has since traveled coast to coast holding public events and rallies. More than 125,000 Americans have already signed the Revere America petition.
More information about Revere America and the national petition drive is available at
www.revereamerica.org.