[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 40 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SIMPLE TRUTHS
(Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, it's a simple truth that Republicans in
Congress spent too much money. It's a simple truth, though, that in 12
years of Republican deficits, the Democrats in 1 year spent more money,
with a deficit of $1.4 trillion in 1 year.
It's a simple truth you can't insure 30 million more people without
costing more to the Federal Government. It's a simple truth that if the
government rewrites all the health care laws, you can't keep the health
insurance that you now have.
It's a simple truth that with millions of new bureaucracies, or
thousands of new bureaucracies and billions more dollars, bureaucrats
will come in between you and your doctor.
And it's a simple truth the government that brought you ``Cash For
Clunkers'' is not going to deliver good health care policy.
And it's a simple truth if the bill was so good we wouldn't need the
Cornhusker kickback; we wouldn't need the Gatorade payoff; we wouldn't
need the Louisiana purchase, and we would not have to promise to all
Members of Congress all kinds of things that are in this bill and other
bills to come if it was a good bill.
It's a simple truth the American people want us to start all over,
and that's what we should be doing.
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