The challenge in policymaking is to take all the steps we can to help avoid unnecessary costs, to help people save money, to drive costs down wherever possible. That's the way to have both affordability and better and better health care.


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SCOTT MCCLELLAN
No one that knows her would make such a suggestion. And no one that knows her record and her qualifi...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
It's a landmark day in the history of Iraq. We congratulate the Iraqi people.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We did not expect it to be catastrophic. I expected to come back to a mess, maybe our furniture and ...
FELTON MCCLELLAN
We are continuing to stay in contact with the parties in the region. We continue to urge calm and re...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
I think that provocative statements and actions only further isolate Iran from the rest of the world...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
North Korea's provocative comments only isolate it further from the rest of the international commun...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The regime in Iran continues to make provocative statements and take provocative actions that only f...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We are working together to learn the lessons of September 11.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
There will be a discussion about classified information and the proper handling of classified nation...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
I think your question presumes many things.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The president's made our position very clear: We do not condone torture, nor would he ever authorize...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The situation is serious and tense. The attack on the mosque was something that really rocked the na...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
If the regime were allowed to pursue any sort of enrichment-related activity on its own soil it coul...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
They agreed that verification is critical.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The report that came out is deeply disturbing and we want to talk about the way forward with other m...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
[On the September 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Bill Bennett remarked tha...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The proposal will cancel 100 per cent of the World Bank, African Development Bank and IMF debt, and ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
If the Senate fails to act and move forward on those nominees,
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a sa...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
an unnecessary and damaging step.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We welcome today's development as another step forward in Iraq 's constitutional process,
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
I think when a group like this makes some of these assertions, it diminishes the effectiveness of th...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The president has condemned all of the ads by the shadowy groups. We have called on Senator Kerry to...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
This again shows he was there, he served in Alabama. He was honorably discharged.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
They should be very proud for the efforts they made in supporting the premier and his caucus of maki...
SHIRLEY MCCLELLAN
We expect it will be part of a process of continuing political reforms and that the flaws that were ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
It's reckless reporting. Everybody should be agitated about it.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We look forward to continuing to talk about it. I mean, you can get caught up in polls; we don't. Po...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
This has been vital to our efforts to disrupt plots and prevent attacks from happening. These are vi...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We believe the political process should be inclusive.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
First of all, any speculation at this point about the 2006 budget really has no basis in fact, becau...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The focus should be more on those who are violating human rights and denying people their human righ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We are going to continue to take steps to stop North Korea's engagement in illicit activities.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN