[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, The Washington Post today on the front page 
said: Pelosi may try to pass health bill without a vote. May try to 
pass health bill without a vote. I didn't even think that was possible, 
but apparently The Washington Post and the Speaker of the House think 
it's possible. It's no wonder, Madam Speaker, that the country is 
outraged not just by the bill, but by the process. This was like the 
Speaker's statement that said we would have to pass the bill so we 
could know what's in it.
  Madam Speaker, this bill does not reduce costs. It cuts Medicare and 
increases taxes for 10 years and spends the money in 6 years. Madam 
Speaker, this bill throws the health care system up in the air and just 
hopes that the greatest health care system in the world is still there 
when it lands a few years from now.
  Madam Speaker, I hope that we have a vote on this bill, a debate on 
this bill and we do not pass this bill with a vote.

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