Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron blasted the California Assembly Rules Committee on Jan. 6 for approving legislation that would create single-payer, government-run universal health care in the state. Waldron (R-Valley Center) panned the committee, which consists of nine Democrats and three Republicans, for voting to advance a “government takeover of California’s health care system.” The committee is chaired by Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova). “The [Assembly] Rules Committee used to be a place where reasonable people stood as a check against the bad ideas of radical idealogues. Apparently, that is no longer the case,” Waldron said in a Jan. 6 media release. Assembly Bill 1400 (AB 1400), known as the California Guaranteed Health Care For All Act, was introduced on Feb. 19 last year by Democrat Assembly members Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), Alex Lee (D-San Jose), and Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) will now move to the Assembly Health Committee. “In …