[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 30 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WASHINGTON IS NOT LISTENING

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, it's deja vu all over again on the 
health care bill. The people have tried every way they know to have 
their voices heard. Town halls, tea parties, even special elections. 
The people don't want Washington bureaucrats making their medical 
decisions. But Washington's not listening. People don't want the Feds 
forcing them to buy health insurance or pay a fine, an idea that's 
unconstitutional. But Washington's not listening. And when the Senate 
bill fully kicks in, it will cost $2.5 trillion. We don't have the 
money. Spending on bailouts and stimulus bills, the taxpayers are out 
of money. We're broke, and we're borrowing billions of dollars from the 
Chinese.
  But Washington's not listening. The massive health care bill now is 
2,700 pages long. Churchill once said, ``This report, by its very 
length, defends itself against the risk of being read.'' Americans 
don't want a European-style Nanny State where government makes all our 
decisions. Government-run health care is unhealthy for Americans, but 
Washington's not listening.
  And that's just the way it is.

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