[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. GERLACH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GERLACH. Madam Speaker, as I stand here today, congressional 
Democrat leadership has yet to finalize or publish the so-called fix-it 
bill that will ultimately be the basis to gather the 216 votes 
necessary to pass health care reform, and they certainly haven't said 
how much it is going to cost; yet Democrat after Democrat has gotten up 
here today saying that they are for this legislation.
  So think about it. How can you be for a bill that is not yet written, 
not yet finalized, not yet published, and for which no one knows how 
much it is going to cost? The answer is simple. It is really not about 
how much it costs or how many people it will cover; it is about 
control, government control over who is going to make health care 
decisions in this country. And that is exactly what the American people 
are rejecting.
  Madam Speaker, the swamp isn't being drained through this process; it 
apparently is just getting deeper and wider.

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