[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, the health care debate has roused the 
American public like few other issues ever have. For months, the 
American people have stood up and said they don't want the government 
in charge of health care and they don't want the bill that's currently 
moving through Congress. Now I've received thousands of emails and 
phone calls and letters from my constituents, and the vast majority of 
them are opposed to this bill. But how long will it take for Washington 
to listen to the American public?
  Congress should heed the will of the American people and start over 
on bipartisan reform that will lower health care costs for everyone. 
But instead, the Speaker and the House leadership are now suggesting 
they may pass this controversial bill without Members even actually 
having to vote on it. Using a legislative sleight-of-hand to pass an 
unpopular bill represents an arrogance in Washington that Americans 
find so frustrating about politics and business as usual in Congress.

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