~ Governor Pawlenty statement regarding today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representative on health care reform legislation ~

Saint Paul – The following is a statement from Governor Tim Pawlenty regarding today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on health care reform legislation:

“Democrats rejected needed, common sense reforms in favor of an overreaching, extraordinarily expensive, government-centric plan that gives more and more control to an already bloated and bankrupt federal government.”