Owens will vote "yes" again on health care

Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, said today that he will again vote "yes" on the health care reform bill when it comes to an expected vote Sunday.

“After studying all the facts, I was presented with a simple choice: Do nothing and further burden our families and entrepreneurs, and allow our costs to spiral out of control, or take the first steps to reform our system in a way that will pay for itself and help America pull itself out of the recession," the congressman said in a statement. "I believe this moves our communities and America forward.”

Mr. Owens voted for the House health care bill shortly after taking office in a November special election. He replaced Rep. John M. McHugh, R-Pierrepont Manor, who is now Army secretary.

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