[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I'm hearing loud and clear from people of 
America's First District in Virginia that this health care bill before 
us will not reduce costs, will not increase access, and is full of 
sweetheart, backroom deals that they find highly objectionable and that 
now we are proposing to put this bill through without having to 
directly vote on the bill. That also makes them mad.
  Let me tell you what they're saying. Jimmy from Yorktown says, ``We 
are very concerned with the direction congressional leadership is 
taking health care reform. It is apparent Congress is not listening to 
the American public. We understand the need to address health care 
reform. However, Congress must include fiscal responsibility in any 
reform legislation. Congress needs to listen to the American voter and 
taxpayer instead of holding our views in contempt.''
  There are many other people from the First District that have very 
similar views. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.'' Let's listen to the 
American people, listen to their concerns, and do the right thing.

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