[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President unveiled 
his $1 trillion health care bill which is nearly the same as the two 
previous bills which have already been rejected by the American people. 
The American people have rejected those bills because they raise taxes, 
kill jobs, and increase costs to fund a government takeover of health 
care virtually.
  The new taxes and regulations on small businesses alone will kill 
jobs at a time when nearly 1 in 10 Americans are already out of work. 
The plan unveiled yesterday still lacks fiscal responsibility and still 
levels mandates on individuals and employers and still puts Federal 
bureaucrats in control of private citizens' personal health care 
decisions. However, it does nothing to bring about true reform such as 
ending junk lawsuits or allowing individuals to purchase affordable 
health insurance across State lines.
  This new plan is simply more of the same as what we have seen 
before--a series of half-measures moving in a proven wrong direction.

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