[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1473-H1474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. McCAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, the American people have spoken loud and 
clear on this issue as recently as the Massachusetts election. They 
want health care reform, but they reject this bill. This administration 
and the Democrat majority have been tone deaf to this message. Speaker 
Pelosi just said, ``We need to pass this bill to see what's in it.''
  I don't quite understand what that really means. But I will tell you 
what's in this bill: there's over $500 billion in tax increases, a cut 
to Medicare by $500 billion, a new form of government-run

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health care insurance by the Office of Personnel Management, a cut to 
Social Security by $4.2 billion, and sweetheart deals, basically 
legalized bribery, to buy off votes of the Senate by the Louisiana 
purchase, the Cornhusker kickback and the Gator aid.
  To those Blue Dog Democrats, 40 sitting in conservative districts, do 
the right thing. Don't walk the plank on this bill. This is still the 
United States of America, and we're going to take this country back.

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