[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 112 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RESOLUTION OF THE SANTA FE, TEXAS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans and even some Democrats 
have been highlighting the problems with the proposed health care bill 
this Congress is considering. Santa Fe, Texas, in the district that I 
represent, has 10,500 hardworking folks with concerns about this 
massive intrusion of government-run health care. Just this week, the 
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution strongly opposing the 
proposals the majority has put forward.
  I think the voice of small-town America can say it even better than I 
can. The highlights of the resolution include: ``The Santa Fe Chamber 
of Commerce expresses its opposition to any legislation that develops 
national health care in the United States.'' This proposal will require 
huge tax increases in order to subsidize the planned program.
  And one more passage: ``The Federal Government should not be in the 
business of controlling and manipulating the health care system.'' The 
good people of Santa Fe, Texas, understand the problems with 
government-run health care. I wish my colleagues on the other side of 
the aisle did as well.

                               Resolution

       Be it resolved that the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe 
     Chamber of Commerce express its opposition to any legislation 
     that develops National Healthcare in the United States, and
       Whereas, the health care plan as proposed creates huge 
     inequities among all hard-working wage earners in America, 
     and
       Whereas, this proposal will require huge tax increases in 
     order to subsidize the planned program, and
       Whereas, the Federal Government should not be in the 
     business of controlling and manipulating the health care 
     system, and
       Whereas, the enactment of a government-run, health care 
     insurance program is not sustainable. No confidence exists in 
     the Federal Government's ability to deliver the cost 
     containments necessary to expand coverage of the uninsured, 
     and
       Whereas, the private health care insurance industry has the 
     existing tools to contain costs and the incentives necessary 
     to improve quality and affordability for their customers, and
       Whereas, under the health care reform bill, access to 
     health care will become unreasonable to the highest degree. 
     The rationing of health care in countries with socialized 
     medicine has led to patients dying because they were forced 
     to wait too long to receive treatment, and
       Whereas, the solution in health care reform lies in 
     improving the quality and affordability of health care 
     through market-based changes, and
       Whereas, the focus on health care reforms should be 
     directed in finding ways to make private health care coverage 
     more affordable and to provide fair and adequate 
     reimbursements for care.
       Therefore, be it resolved that: The Board of Directors of 
     the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce representing 225 businesses 
     in our community states through this resolution its strong 
     opposition to the proposed changes in our country's health 
     system through government interference and control, and
       Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be 
     forwarded immediately to our elected representatives in the 
     U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
       Passed this day of July 21, 2009
       Signed by: Andrea Brinegar 2009 Santa Fe Chamber of 
     Commerce, Inc., Chairman of the Board.

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