[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 117 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     AMERICANS NEED HEALTH CARE FACTS FROM DEMOCRAT-MEDIA ALLIANCE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, poll after poll shows that Americans 
reject the administration's health care plan, but the national media 
continue to downplay the results of their own polls.
  For example, in its report on the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 
NBC itself failed to mention that more people disapprove than approve 
of the way the President is handling health care.
  President Obama says his health care plan is deficit neutral, but the 
nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the legislation will 
substantially increase the deficit.
  President Obama says Americans' health care plans will cost less, but 
the CBO Director says the legislation will cost more, much more.
  President Obama says ``if you like your current health care plan, you 
can keep it,'' but an independent study found that most Americans will 
lose their current health care plan.
  Mr. Speaker, Americans need the facts on health care, not the biased 
news from the Democrat-media alliance.

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