Washington, D.C. - After Congressional Democrats announced today they will “go it alone” on reforming America’s health care system, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is questioning why that’s no surprise to anyone:

“That’s not news. Sadly, House Democrats haven’t bothered to even appear to invite Republican solutions to the complex issue of health care,” said Brady. “While the President is running around the country blaming Republicans, the truth is that Democrats control Congress and the White House by wide margins and decided long ago they would rush through this government–run plan on their own. As a result, they are struggling.”

“It’s too bad because there are a lot of great ideas on how to make health care better that both parties can bring to the table.  If President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and others would listen to the American people for just a moment, they would realize the public isn’t buying their plan and that they need to go back to the drawing board now and invite Republicans to help solve this critical problem.”

Brady is a long-time advocate of health care reform. To see the results of his 50 Ideas to Improve Health Care initiative, please click here.