[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               GETTING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, Massachusetts, Virginia, New 
Jersey--they have all spoken, and I think they speak for the American 
people.
  They want us to try to work out these problems that they're facing 
together and not keep pointing fingers. It's time for us to get down to 
the job of creating jobs. They don't want this health care bill. It's 
pretty darn clear. That was the major issue in Massachusetts. So we 
need to get together and solve the problems of health care without 
ramming something down the people's throats from behind closed doors. 
It's extremely important.
  They don't want higher taxes; they want lower taxes. They don't want 
more government interference in their lives; they want less. So what we 
ought to do is address the problems that are really important right 
now. The first thing is creating jobs and getting this economy back on 
track and not to try to ram a health care bill down the American 
people's throats that they really, really don't want.

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