[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. HARPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARPER. Madam Speaker, late last night, the House Budget 
Committee approved the reconciliation shell bill with two Democratic 
Members joining all Republicans in opposing this enormous entitlement 
expansion, and we still do not know what changes the Speaker will bring 
forward.
  The President has asked Congress to hold an up-or-down vote on the 
Senate's so-called health care reform proposal. Let's have that vote. 
The President has argued the Democrats need courage to pass this one-
size-fits-all government takeover of health care. But where's the 
courage in hiding behind procedural chaos like the Slaughter solution? 
No matter what anyone says, a ``yes'' vote on the reconciliation bill 
is a vote for the Senate's flawed trillion-dollar bill containing 
kickbacks, like the Cornhusker kickback and the Louisiana purchase, and 
allows for Federal funding for abortion.
  The bottom line is this health care bill is so bad that the Democrats 
have to resort to trickery. I will not support a bill that will 
increase families' insurance premiums and force hundreds of millions of 
dollars in unfunded mandates to my home State of Mississippi. I will 
not support this abusive use of the reconciliation process, and I will 
not support the bogus procedures that are being used to hide from the 
American people. I urge you to oppose this legislation.

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