[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 166 (Saturday, November 7, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           UNIVERSAL GOVERNMENT-RUN VACCINE PROGRAM DISASTER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government promised to 
save the country by providing 120 million H1N1 virus vaccines in 3 
months. Of course the government only made 20 percent of that number on 
time. So the government had to decide who would get medicine and who 
would not. Wall Street special interest groups got their shots, but 
vaccines didn't go down the street to hospitals for children and 
pregnant women, the most vulnerable.
  The Feds are also giving criminals in prison and even the terrorists 
at Guantanamo Bay prison flu shots while Americans who have committed 
no crime must get to the back of the line.
  This simple shot program administered by the government is a mess and 
has its priorities wrong. Why? Because the government is in charge. The 
government decides who gets flu shots and who doesn't. Patients don't 
decide; doctors don't decide. This is what a universal government-run 
and government-rationed health care program looks like. Welcome to the 
future. And get to the end of the line.
  And that's just the way it is.

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