[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, this big government spending plan being 
called a stimulus is deeply flawed and being rushed through Congress 
with little regard for the consequences.
  Take a look at some of the provisions, including $1.1 billion in 
spending to prepare the country for socialized medicine. Under the 
guise of economic stimulus, the bill creates a Council for Comparative 
Effectiveness, which amounts to government bureaucracy deciding what is 
best for your health care based on cost averages, not what is best for 
each individual sick patient.
  President Obama's health care advisers have made clear that this is 
part of their overall plan to move toward universal government-run 
health care.
  People don't want socialized medicine in this country. This has 
nothing to do with creating jobs and getting our economy back on track.
  Using this so-called stimulus bill to move the country towards the 
agenda of the left is wrong. First the bailout, now the stimulus, 
millions of dollars in pork. Enough is enough.

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