[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 157 (Tuesday, October 27, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H11804-H11805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, the jury is out. The jury is looking right 
now, and they're wondering, What's going on with health care? We've 
heard all this evidence here today. Some say this; some say that. But 
the Democrats say, We're going to make it better, the government can do 
it better, and we're going to make it better. Our experience says, Wait 
a minute; the government doesn't do things very well.
  So where's the evidence that it is going to do it better? Well, hold 
on. It's still behind closed doors. When we come out from underneath 
those closed doors, we'll give you 72 hours to try to

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figure out what we're doing, and then we're going to make you vote. I 
think the American people and the jury of the American public want this 
thing out in the sunlight. Open the doors. Share the information. Let 
us know what's going on, Mr. Speaker. That's what the American people 
need to know. Their health care is at stake.

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