Orrin Hatch: On "One big joke in Washington"

Hatch vows House health bill will never pass the Senate

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"That exercise in the House, that’ll never pass the Senate," Hatch said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network.

“I think they’re going to have a heck of a time passing that kind of a bill in the Senate," the senator added. "One big joke in Washington is if the government ends up running health care, it’ll be just like the U.S. Postal Service—there will be long waiting periods, care would be expensive, and no babies would be delivered without adequate postage.”

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Hatch claimed that Reid's insistence at including the public plan would only make his path more difficult with colleagues.

"“It’s going to be interesting to see what Reid and Baucus and the rest of them come up with," he said. "I do think they’re going to have a rough time because they’re insisting on having this government plan in the bill, and anybody who thinks that the government can do healthcare better than the private sector just really hasn’t lived in the real world.”

He also poked fun at President Barack Obama for being out-of-touch on healthcare.

"I’m not an ear doctor, but I think the President must be tone deaf if he thinks that the American people are anxious to put government bureaucrats between them and their doctors," Hatch said.

Comment: Times like this one really appreciates that congress is bicameral!