The Stakeholder
Rep. Sessions Ignores 1/3rd of Constituents Who Are Uninsured; Most of Any House Republican
DCCC Press:
A new report released this weekend
shows that one out of every three of Representative Pete Sessions'
constituents are currently uninsured, which is the highest share of uninsured
constituents of any Republican in the House. Sessions continues
to be a supporter of the health insurance industry and an opponent of reform
efforts. He has received nearly $400,000 from the insurance industry.
"One third of Representative Pete Sessions' constituents have no health care and he responds by taking more than $384,000 from the insurance industry while working hard to block health insurance reform," Ryan Rudominer, Spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said. "Representative Sessions has done everything in his power to delay, halt, stymie or stop any effort to insure every American including the third of his constituents without health insurance. The people of Texas' 32nd District deserve a Representative who puts their constituents first, not the health insurance industry."
Additional Background
- Representative Pete Sessions has come under fire for offering no solutions to a constituent whose husband is likely to die without health care reform except that she should seek help from President Obama. [CBS 11, 8/20/09]
- The report, "The New Geography of Health Care" by the National Journal, showed that 32.6% of Session's constituents are currently uninsured. [National Journal, 10/24/09]
- Representative Pete Sessions has received $384,624 from the insurance industry. [Open Secrets, 10/25/09]
- Just this year, Sessions was questioned for siding with campaign contributors when he earmarked $1.6 million in 2008 for blimp research at a company that acknowledges having no experience in working with blimps. They had a former Sessions aide with a criminal record lobbying on their behalf. [Politico, 7/30/09]
