[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1454-H1455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, the American people continue to say in 
every opportunity that they can that they don't want a government 
takeover of health care. And all they get from the tone-deaf liberals 
that are running Congress is this latest attempt to ram the bill 
through. And now this latest proposal is the Slaughter solution where 
they're even going to try to run it through without an actual vote.
  Now, maybe some of them have been around so long that they forget 
what Article I, section 7 of the Constitution says, but it actually 
takes a vote here in this House for any bill to pass. And I hope their 
bill doesn't pass, because we need health care reform. We need to lower 
the cost of health care, which their bill doesn't do. We need to 
address preexisting conditions. But we

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don't want a government takeover of health care.
  If you listen to the American people, what they're saying very loudly 
and clearly is scrap this bill. Let's go back to the table and start 
over again.
  Now, Speaker Pelosi and her liberal lieutenants might run Congress, 
but the American people run this country, and their voices will be 
heard.

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