[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H12208-H12209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NO LONGER BEING FOOLED BY THE PARTY OF NO

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, one of the scariest themes of Halloween has 
been the continuation of myths about our health care legislation that 
is being made by opponents of reform. These TEA-bagger myths have been 
debunked time and time again, yet some in this Congress continue to 
perpetuate them. Why? Because they have no alternative plan of their 
own.
  If they had a comprehensive plan that would actually address our 
Nation's health care crisis, it would have been put forward, or maybe 
they would have enacted it during the years that they ran Congress and 
the White House. But when you don't have a plan, you have nothing else 
to talk about.
  We all know we cannot continue the status quo: Americans with health 
insurance today, never knowing if it will be there when they need it; 
millions of Americans today without any coverage; all the while, costs 
keep climbing and insurance companies keep getting richer.
  So what do some folks do? They distort our plan and use scare tactics 
and try to fool the American people. But the American people support 
our plan, which ensures that we all have access

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to quality, affordable health care, and they won't be fooled anymore by 
the Party of No.

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