[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. BROWN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today in 
opposition to the Democrats' latest health care plan. For the past 
year, my constituents in South Carolina have done everything they can 
to make it clear they do not want a government takeover of health care. 
Yet here we are again today discussing a plan that calls for more 
taxes, more regulations, more spending, and more Federal control over 
our current health care system. This legislation is not what the 
American people want, and it lacks a single ounce of Republican 
support.
  Despite the overwhelming opposition, Democrats continue to push their 
partisan agenda and have made it clear they will use any means possible 
to get what they want. This is a bad bill for South Carolina and it's a 
bad bill for the entire country.
  I join my constituents in asking the Democrats to scrap this 
legislation and start over on bipartisan health care reform.

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