[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express the concerns of 
Arkansas's Third District regarding health care reform. I have received 
an unprecedented amount of mail because the people of Arkansas aren't 
in favor of the legislative gymnastics and procedural tricks Speaker 
Pelosi is playing. It's inappropriate to play games to pass a health 
care reform bill Americans overwhelmingly oppose, a bill that 
represents 16 percent of our economy.
  The administration called for an up-or-down vote with no procedural 
maneuvering, but Ms. Pelosi and the Rules Committee are currently in 
the process of bypassing this up-or-down vote. By approving this rule, 
the Senate bill will be deemed as passed. This is not the way our 
founders envisioned the government working for the people.
  We owe it to Arkansans and all Americans to fight for real health 
care reform and at least have a real ``yes'' or ``no'' vote. How in the 
world do you pass a bill without voting on it?

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