[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H7744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REPUBLICANS ADVOCATE QUALITY HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are 
offering positive solutions to our Nation's health care system. We are 
standing up for individual choice, preserving the all-important doctor-
patient relationship, and giving families more resources and more of 
their own money to afford quality health care.
  Our Democrat colleagues have abandoned any sense of bipartisan 
cooperation. That is why their health care proposals currently amount 
to a $1 trillion big government takeover. Republicans are proposing tax 
relief for families and small businesses who are struggling to afford 
health care. We want to empower States and small businesses to band 
together for affordable insurance options. Rather than copy a failed 
central planning big government system, we are committed to weeding out 
waste, fraud and abuse.
  Republicans are hard at work developing a set of patient-first health 
care reforms. We encourage our Democrat colleagues to join us in 
defending patient choice and quality care against the rationed care of 
a big government health care takeover.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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