[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]




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                  STANDING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, we have heard that by standing in the way 
of this fictitious health care, so-called reform bill, we're killing 
people. Here's a chart that tells you who dies. If you have prostate 
cancer, you want to be in the United States under our system right now. 
You've got a 91 percent chance of survival. If you're in England, 51 
percent chance of survival. You want to talk about killing people? This 
will kill people--not because you're denied coverage, but because 
you're put on a list and you die waiting for protection.
  I'm not standing with the insurance companies. We have insurance 
companies that are endorsing this bill. They're standing with the 
Democrats. Big pharmaceutical companies are standing with the 
Democrats. Who's standing with who? We're standing with the people that 
want health care that's affordable, that they control. We want the 
government and insurance companies both out from between patients and 
doctors.

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