[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. LEE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEE of New York. Within days, the House is poised to vote on a 
massive government takeover of health care. This trillion dollar, 
2,000-page monstrosity will kill jobs, increase our debt, and raise 
taxes on working Americans. And it's a ``pay now, buy later'' approach: 
While the taxes start right away, the benefits don't begin until 2014.
  In essence, this new entitlement program requires 10 years of new tax 
increases and 10 years of cuts to popular programs like Medicare 
Advantage to pay for just 6 years of this new government expansion over 
health care. It's a smoke-and-mirrors approach to ram through a new 
entitlement we surely can't afford to pay.
  The American people aren't that easily deceived. The people in my 
district of western New York want tangible solutions in taking real 
costs out. We need to start over.

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