[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]




        DESPITE MEDIA'S SPIN, AMERICANS OPPOSE HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, in a recent Washington Post op-ed, 
here is what two Democratic pollsters had to say about the media's spin 
on the administration's health care proposal:
  ``Nothing had been more disconcerting than to watch Democratic 
politicians and their media supporters deceive themselves into 
believing that the public favors the Democrats' current health care 
plan.
  ``A solid majority of Americans opposes the massive health reform 
plan. Many more Americans believe the legislation will worsen their 
health care, cost them more personally, and add significantly to the 
national deficit.
  ``Never in our experience as pollsters can we recall such self-
deluding misconstruction of survey data.''
  Madam Speaker, despite the media spin, the American people are 
sending a clear message about health care: Congress should start over 
and get it right.

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