[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 112 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H8590-H8591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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       NEW MANDATES FOR ABORTION COVERAGE IN EVERY INSURANCE PLAN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, everywhere I go people tell me they're 
worried about the direction our country is headed.
  So far in this Congress, all we've seen are bailouts and government 
takeovers. We've taken over or nationalized huge sectors of our 
economy. We've nationalized the banking industry and the financial 
sector. We've nationalized the home mortgage industry. We've

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taken over the auto companies. We've nationalized the energy sector 
with cap-and-trade.
  And now our friends on the other side want to nationalize the health 
care sector, 17 percent of our economy, a government takeover with new 
government mandates. And one of those hidden mandates is for abortion 
coverage in every insurance plan, public or private, in America.
  At a time when the number of abortions is declining, doctors 
performing abortions are declining, the number of abortion clinics is 
declining, the Congress and White House want to mandate abortion 
coverage in every insurance plan, public or private; another bailout in 
this bill, this one for the abortion industry.
  What would the result be? Less jobs, more taxes, massive government 
spending, and a mountain of debt on our kids and grandkids.

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