[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, this week March Madness comes 
to college basketball teams as teams across America meet in the NCAA 
Tournament. And this week March Madness also comes to this House in the 
culmination of this health care debate.
  The American people have watched as this bill has lumbered forward 
for the past year, and they have been outraged by both the substance 
and the process. The American people want jobs, Madam Speaker, but this 
bill is funded with job-killing tax increases.
  Seniors need the protection of Medicare, but this bill cuts $500 
billion from that vital program. We all want freedom, of course, but 
this bill includes an unconstitutional mandate requiring individuals to 
purchase government-approved health care or face taxes, fines, or even 
jail.
  The American people have been outraged at the vote buying epitomized 
by the Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker Kickback, and Gator Aid. And 
now the Democratic leadership is preparing to pass this bill without 
actually voting on it and deeming the bill passed through trickery.
  It is time to end Washington's version of March Madness and do what 
the American people are asking us to do, and that is to start over with 
a clean sheet of paper and look for real health care reform.

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