[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 7 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, most of the American people oppose the 
government plan to take over health care. It costs too much; it borrows 
too much; it taxes too much; it's inefficient; and it gives government 
bureaucrats the control of our personal medical decisions. We should 
just fix what's broken.
  People should be able to buy health insurance across State lines to 
get competitive rates. Small businesses should be able to pool together 
to get better rates through larger risk pools. Businesses that help 
take care of their employees should get tax breaks rather than tax 
increases. People should own their own health insurance policies--and 
that's real portability.
  If anybody loses or leaves their jobs, they don't lose their 
insurance. People should not be cancelled for having preexisting 
conditions, and we should figure out a way to provide for catastrophic 
illness, catastrophic injury and affordability.
  These are things that most Members agree on. These things don't cost 
billions of dollars. These things help keep government out of the 
doctor's office. We should fix what the American people want us to fix 
and keep the government from destroying America's health.
  And that's just the way it is.

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