WATCH: SENATOR BLUNT ROCHESTER ON CNN: 'THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY'WATCH: SENATOR BLUNT ROCHESTER ON CNN: 'THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY'

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today joined CNN News Central to discuss the need for serious, bipartisan work to avert a major health care crisis on behalf of the American people.

Below are excerpts of the interview.

On the President Failing to Bring Down Costs

"Well, I will start off by saying...the President...said he would bring down costs on day one. We are almost a full year in, and people aren't seeing it or feeling it. And [for him] to make the reference that people don't have to buy...dolls or...or pencils, I think is really disconnected from the reality that m...