[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      JOB CREATION AND HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, we hear the question, should Congress be 
dealing with job creation or with health care, as if these are 
unrelated. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed this past 
year, is already funding around this country an expansion of community 
health centers. It is funding already implementation and use of 
information technology in the health care fields. This is doctors' 
offices and hospitals, and in training the workers to use it. This 
provides, yes, jobs, as well as better health care for Americans.
  In the health care legislation that is taking shape, based on the 
common principles of the House-passed and Senate-passed legislation, 
that too will lead to economic growth and jobs. In particular, not only 
will there be medical innovation, but it will assist small businesses 
and large with these large expenses they have in covering the health 
care of their employees. And less money will be wasted in exorbitant 
salaries and profits, and will actually go to providing health care.

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