[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BRADY of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Isn't this troubling? Eight out of ten Americans 
now believe Congress governs without the consent of the governed. The 
Democratic Congress and White House simply aren't listening. Americans 
oppose this $2 trillion takeover of health care, but Democrats are 
ramming it through over the public's objection. Americans oppose the 
tax increases, mandates, deficits, Medicare cuts, and government 
interference in their most intimate health care decisions, but House 
Democrats arrogantly claim they know what's best for you.
  Americans want open, honest government. Democrats are cutting 
backroom deals, pressing Members of Congress, proclaiming bills passed 
without a vote of the House--all to circumvent the will of the American 
people. Americans want Washington to start over immediately; to go back 
to the basics, to have a step-by-step bipartisan bill that focuses 
first on lowering health care cost. So, Madam Speaker, why aren't you 
listening? But know this: A Congress that governs in secrecy and 
arrogance will not govern long. The American people will see to that.

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