[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 37 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMA CARE

  (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, my Dad always told me, ``Your friends are 
the people who tell you what you need to know, not what you want to 
hear.''
  In August, the American people flooded town hall meetings and told 
their representatives to vote ``no'' on Obama care. The Speaker called 
them extremists. In November, voters in Virginia and New Jersey elected 
Republican governors in States President Obama had carried one year 
earlier. The White House said it was due to local issues. And in 
January, the voters of Massachusetts elected a Republican to the United 
States Senate for the first time in 38 years. Senate Democrats said it 
was because they had nominated a poor candidate.
  As we approach the vote on Obama care, I urge my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle to ignore the Speaker, ignore the President, 
and ignore the Democrats in the Senate. Just listen to your friends, 
the voters of America, who oppose this $1 trillion, 2,700 page health 
care monstrosity, and then vote ``no.'' In November, you will be glad 
you did.

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