[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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CUIDADODESALUD.GOV OR CAUTIONOFHEALTH.GOV
(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, a large number of Spanish-speaking
Americans live in my congressional district. They recently brought to
my attention the new 2-month-late Obama enrollment Web site:
cuidadodesalud.gov. Here it is right here on the Web site. But in
English that translates to: ``cautionofhealth.gov.'' Sounds like a
warning to me.
Only the government could be so incompetent to get the title of the
Web site wrong. This site is riddled with embarrassing computerized
English-to-Spanish translations. Some things are in Spanish, some
things are in English, and some things are in Spanglish. This
incompetence is insulting and confusing to Americans who speak only
Spanish.
Ironically, the Web site does tell the truth: people should be
cautious about government health care. The name of the Web site should
be officially changed to ``Caution:ObamaCare.''
It is hard enough to sign up for ObamaCare. If the government decides
to have a Spanish ObamaCare Web site, you would think the government
and its vast resources could at least have a Spanish Web site in
accurate Spanish.
And that's just the way it is.
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