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On Thursday, May 1, 2008, Senator Carper joined Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), and Bob Corker (R-Tenn) to announce that after analyzing the bipartisan Healthy Americans Act (S. 334), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (Joint Tax) released a report that found the Act would be roughly budget neutral in 2014. Additionally, the report found that implementation of the Act would actually create surpluses after that year.
Listen to Senator Carper's comments and read more about the report here.