[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1473]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. McCARTHY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Madam Speaker, just last week I was 
listening to the Speaker talk about health care. She said--and I had to 
actually look it up in the transcripts because I couldn't believe what 
I heard--Madam Speaker, Speaker Pelosi said, ``We have to pass it so 
you can see what's in it.'' Well, she was wrong then, and she is wrong 
now. The Democratic majority in this people's House is not listening to 
the people. Americans do not want this bill.
  How do we know this? Well, because in my own town halls last summer, 
which I had in Bakersfield, California, and Paso Robles, more than 
5,000 constituents turned out just to say that. And it is not just 
because they don't know what's in the bill. They get it. They don't 
like it. They don't like the political payoffs, the job-killing tax 
hikes, the huge cuts in Medicare; and most of all, they don't like 
Washington running their health care.
  Maybe that's why this House Democratic majority is poised to use the 
parliamentary procedure to pass this bill without an actual vote. By 
doing this, the House majority will prove, once again, they are not 
listening. It's time for a new direction. Scrap the bill and start 
over.

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