[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. ROGERS of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise today to respond to what 
I think that the leadership is going to bring later this week. I 
understand that they are going to bring a vote to the floor that the 
President and our Speaker believe is a socialist plan--or I know it is 
a socialist plan for the government takeover of health care. And the 
Speaker wants her members to have the courage to pass this what she 
believes is a prescription for health care reform in America.
  What it is is a prescription for disaster in our country, and it is 
also a prescription for disaster for the majority party. That is what I 
would like to address the balance of my remarks to. The majority party 
is being asked to vote for something that their districts and their 
constituents don't want. The President yesterday in a speech said that 
what he was hoping the Members would do is show courage for a change.
  Well, I agree with the President. I hope that the Democrat Members do 
show courage later this week. Show courage to not be a lapdog for the 
leadership and the President, and show the courage to be a bulldog for 
their districts and their constituents who adamantly oppose this 
socialist takeover of government health care for our country.

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