[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           AMERICAN HEALTH CARE 1; CANADIAN HEALTH CARE ZERO

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Premier of Newfoundland, 
Danny Williams, snuck into the United States recently for some stealth 
health care. Now, why would the Canadian Premier come to the United 
States for heart surgery? Because his life depended on it.
  ``My heart, my choice, my health'' he proclaimed. When it came down 
to it, he didn't trust his life to Canada's government-run health care 
system. Imagine that.
  The Canadian Premier said after the very successful American heart 
surgery, ``I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health 
care for myself when I entered politics.''
  The American people have said they don't want to be forced into 
signing their lives away with government-run health care either. When 
life and death decisions are put in the hands of government 
bureaucrats, it's unhealthy for everybody.
  Just ask the Canadian Premier. When it came down to a matter of his 
own life or death decision, the Canadian Premier chose private health 
care and American heart surgeons over the Canadian nationalized system.
  Sounds like ``private health care for me, but not for thee.''
  And that's just the way it is.

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