[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, you know, Texas is one of 14 
States filing a lawsuit challenging the Federal requirement to purchase 
health insurance as part of the new health law.
  This is America. We don't force people to hand over hard-earned money 
to a private company against their will. That's the ultimate overreach 
of Federal power, and it's unconstitutional.
  I'm also upset by the fact that this health care law creates one more 
government handout. By pushing more and more people into a government-
controlled health care plan, we're going to reach a point where more 
Americans depend on the government for help than those who get along by 
themselves. That's not right.
  Americans want, need, and deserve prosperity and success achieved by 
sacrifice, hard work, self-reliance, and personal responsibility, not 
government control. It's called the American Dream.

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