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




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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LUMMIS. The gentleman from Missouri earlier gave a lovely image, 
and I would like to use image as well. I would like to use the image of 
President Obama saying over and over and over to the American people, 
``If you like your health insurance, you can keep it.'' And this bill 
does not fulfill the President's promise.
  Yesterday in the House Budget Committee we worked for 8 hours to 
instruct the Rules Committee on how to make this a better bill. And we 
asked them to make the President's promise come true, to pass an 
amendment that says if you like your health insurance you can keep it. 
And that was killed on a party-line vote, with all of the Republicans 
voting to help the President fulfill his promise to the American people 
and the Democrats voting against it. This bill does not fulfill the 
President's promise that if you like your insurance you can keep it.
  I urge that we kill this misguided health care bill.

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