[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           H.R. 2607--THE SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH FAIRNESS BILL

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week, the House is going 
to vote on the Democrats' latest plan for Pelosi's government-run 
health insurance. The bill is 2,000 pages long, weighs 20 pounds, and 
costs more than $1 trillion. With over 400,000 words in it, that comes 
out to $2.5 million a word. The bill creates 111 new bureaucracies 
which will decide what kind of government-approved health care is best 
for your family and you.
  Speaker Pelosi wants America to believe this is the only way to 
reform health care, but I know there is a better solution. That's why I 
introduced the Small Business Health Fairness bill. My bill, H.R. 2607, 
allows small businesses to band together to purchase health insurance 
so they can enjoy the same bargaining power that large corporations and 
labor unions have at the purchasing table.
  We know that buying in bulk reduces the price tag, and health care is 
no different. Government-forced health care is not the way to solve the 
problem.

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