[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Madam Speaker, looks like we may have a mystery 
worthy of an investigation by Scooby Doo and his gang here. This week, 
the House may pass a bill to overhaul one-sixth of our economy. But 
here we are Tuesday, and Scooby and Shaggy are scratching their heads 
trying to figure out, one, what's in the bill; two, what special 
backroom deals have been cut, and three, how can Democrats impose on 
the American people a bill they don't even have the courage to vote on.
  Here are our clues. Speaker Pelosi says we're not allowed to see 
what's in the bill until it passes, and she says ``no one'' wants to 
vote for the bill that she's forcing through. We know there are special 
payoffs for States like Nebraska. We know there are political payoffs. 
We know there are tax hikes and Medicare cuts, and it's not a mystery 
why the Democrats are going to try to invent a ghostly scheme to pass 
this terrible bill.
  And when the Scooby gang unmasks the ghost, we'll hear the Speaker 
say, I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those 
meddling Americans. Ruh-roh.

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