[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AMERICANS NEED TO SAY ``YES'' TO REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, this morning on ``Fox and 
Friends,'' one of my favorite golfists, Phil Mickelson, was there 
talking about his wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, having breast 
cancer. He made an astonishing statement. He said that the treatment of 
breast cancer today is better than it was 5 years ago, better than 10 
years ago, and he's absolutely right. Mr. Mickelson's hope in the cure 
for his mother and his wife's breast cancer, this devastating illness, 
is very high.
  But, Mr. Speaker, the American people need to understand if we pass 
the Democratic health care reform bill that they are proposing, 
innovation in health care is going to quit or go down and be very 
little. The quality of care is going to go down. As a physician, I can 
tell the American people that the quality of your care will be worse a 
few years from now because of the Democratic Party's health reform 
plan.
  The American people need to stand up, Mr. Speaker, and say ``no'' to 
this and say ``yes'' to some of the alternatives that Republicans are 
presenting. We have a plan, but it will not be heard unless the 
American people demand it.

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