[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. McKEON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McKEON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong opposition 
to the majority's attempt to have the Federal Government take over the 
national health care system. This has been a yearlong debate, and it is 
clear that the American public does not want this bill. People are 
justifiably outraged at the contempt the majority has shown to them.
  Everything my constituents dislike is still in the majority's health 
care bill: billions in new taxes on small businesses and families, over 
$1 trillion in new Federal spending, a health care czar to make health 
care decisions for families, a Federal mandate to buy health insurance, 
hundreds of billions in Medicare cuts, expanding access to abortion, 
and sleazy backroom deals.
  If this is the panacea that the majority claims it is, then why is it 
that they are refusing to allow a straight up-or-down vote? Do you 
think you can fool them with procedural gimmicks such as deeming a bill 
passed without actually voting on it? I don't think so, and I think it 
is shameful to try.

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