[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1466]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my utter 
disbelief and disappointment at the path the Democrat leadership has 
chosen for health care reform. Never, ever in my 14 years of 
legislating have I ever been asked to vote for a bill that will ``be 
fixed later.'' We don't even know what this bill costs--well, in excess 
of $1 trillion--or what backroom deals will wind up being in this bill 
after the vote. It is an absolute affront to the integrity of this 
Congress that we are being asked to put a signature on the bottom of a 
blank page.
  Now, we've all seen team building exercises where one person stands 
blindfolded on the edge of a table and is asked to fall back into the 
arms of their colleagues. Well, that's what the Speaker is asking this 
Congress to do, to fall backwards from this precipice with the promise 
that all will be well. My constituents deserve more than a mere promise 
of trust. We should not be asked to be voting on a bill that will 
affect one-sixth of our economy and touch every single American's life 
without knowing what is in the bill.
  Well, the Speaker knows what's in the bill, and she doesn't want 
anybody to vote on it. Americans deserve health reform, but they 
deserve it the right way.

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