[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 41 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. The majority of Americans oppose the Senate's 
health care reform bill. Consider the stunning electoral upset in 
Massachusetts following the passage of this bill in the Senate, a bill 
that was pieced together through vote peddling and backroom deals. Yet, 
now Speaker Pelosi is trying to avoid a direct up-or-down vote on this 
bill in a plan to push it through this Congress. It is outrageous. If 
Democrats want to force this bill on the American people, they should 
show their support with a direct vote as our Constitution requires.
  To prevent this affront, I am a sponsor of H.R. 1188 that would 
ensure that direct vote and prevent Speaker Pelosi from using this 
parliamentary trick to force the bill through the House.
  For weeks, President Obama, when he was concerned with getting 60 
votes in the Senate, demanded an up-or-down vote. House Democrats 
should honor this request now that the problem is getting House 
Democrats to vote for the bill. Americans need to see who supports this 
legislation, including the Cornhusker kickback, the Louisiana purchase, 
and other embarrassing deals included in the legislation.

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