[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12218]
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, as we debate this great debate, with regard 
to one thing, we're not keeping our eye on the ball. This is about 
people.
  In 1965, I was in northern Europe, working for a group that was 
laying a pipeline across northern Europe. I got my nose broken and I 
got sent to the doctor. They had government-run, Pelosi-style health 
care. I stood in line for 2\1/2\ hours to reach the doctor. I went into 
a nurse's room and told her my name. She passed it through another 
window to a doctor. I walked in the doctor's office.
  He said, What's wrong with you?
  I said, I think my nose is broken.
  He grabbed it and wiggled it. It started to bleed. He said, It's 
broken. Go through that door.
  I walked through that door. They handed me a prescription, and I 
walked out. Everybody who stood in line for 2\1/2\ hours got the same 
style of health care.
  Americans want relationships with their doctors--with their doctors. 
That's not the health care Americans want, but that's the Pelosi health 
care plan, and that's the future of health care in America if we go 
forward with this government-run, Pelosi-style health care. This is 
something Americans should stand up against.

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