[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECONCILIATION--DEMOCRATS CONSIDER MANEUVERS TO PASS GOVERNMENT 
                        TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, a government takeover of 
health care was rushed to happen last July, but during overflowing town 
hall meetings and then in Virginia, Massachusetts and New Jersey, the 
American people made it perfectly clear that a Big Government takeover 
of health care is not an option.
  Almost a year later, this message unfortunately hasn't been received 
by the liberal majority. Instead of working across the aisle and 
reforming the bill to include less government and more commonsense 
bipartisan principles, liberal leaders are talking about bending the 
rules and rushing this by way of a process called reconciliation. This 
is a legislative maneuver that requires fewer votes than the regular 
process.
  So the American people should listen this afternoon. The liberal 
majority knows the American people do not want this bill. They are left 
with a tricky maneuver that ignores what people have been fighting for 
and saying since last summer. I urge citizens to make their voices 
heard.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
  My sympathy to the family and friends of Charles Hamel of Chapin, 
South Carolina, a dedicated patriot.

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