[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 30 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, from the town halls in August of last year to 
the voting booths of Massachusetts, the American people have spoken. 
The American people don't want a government takeover of health care. 
Despite the President's latest polished pitch, ObamaCare 2.0 is still a 
government takeover of one-sixth of the American economy, and the 
American people know it.
  The latest version of ObamaCare is a government takeover because it 
will mandate private citizens' purchases of health care whether they 
need it or want it or not. It will cause millions of employers to 
cancel the health insurance they currently offer employees, and it will 
force tens of millions of Americans into government-run exchanges. It 
will create a health care czar to impose price controls on private 
health insurance, which will lead to shortages and which will force 
even more people into government-run insurance.
  Mr. President, government mandates, government-run insurance and more 
government control is a government takeover of health care.

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