[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. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, in 2017, Medicare 
goes insolvent. It goes broke in 2017. So do the Democrats have a plan 
to reform and save Medicare? No. The Democrats' plan actually raids 
one-half trillion dollars from Medicare to create a massive new 
government-controlled health care program.
  So even though the Speaker is writing this bill behind closed doors 
in secret, Madam Speaker, the American people, particularly senior 
citizens, are not being fooled. They oppose this massive bill that will 
nationalize health care and that will raid one-half trillion dollars 
from Medicare. They oppose it, and so should we.

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