[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. GRIFFITH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to encourage the rejection 
of this health care bill. The American people have spoken out time 
after time, and I'm puzzled why Congress is still considering it. Done 
in secrecy, this bill will cost jobs, raise taxes, and slash Medicare 
benefits. And as a physician, I know this bill will be bad for 
patients. It's terrible for our economy, and it's damaging to the very 
people we are trying to help.
  Although the past is no guarantee of the future, it is, however, 
instructive. This administration has a failed stimulus package, a 
failed banking system, a failed cap-and-trade, and numerous 
questionable interventions into General Motors, AIG, Fannie Mae, 
Freddie Mac and others. This kind of track record gives the American 
public no reason to trust this administration with its health care. I 
urge my colleagues to listen to the will of the American people and 
vote ``no.''

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