[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on yet another matter, the 
productive, bipartisan work that needs to happen in the Senate will 
stand in stark contrast to the choices made by the House Democrats 
across the Capitol.
  Over there, it seems as though a far-left socialist ideology is 
increasingly becoming mainstream Democratic Party doctrine, and rather 
than roll up their sleeves and work with the Republicans and with the 
White House on proposals that could actually become law, the House 
continues to promote one dangerous leftwing policy after another.
  The Senate has already voted on the Green New Deal, the Democrats' 
socialist wish list that seeks to outlaw affordable energy and 
transportation, eliminate the jobs many Americans rely on, and even 
empower government bureaucrats to redesign families' homes. Needless to 
say, it didn't do too well. Here in the real world, out of the college 
campus atmosphere that seems to characterize the House Democrats, the 
Senate voted it down. I have already discussed the recent House-passed 
bill that would have cut down on our domestic energy and American 
energy independence.
  We also all know about Medicare for None, which is the plan the 
Democrats' Presidential candidates are rushing to embrace, that would 
literally outlaw the existing health insurance 180 million Americans 
currently get on the job and throw everyone into an untested, one-size-
fits-all government plan.
  Just last week, Speaker Pelosi expanded on the Democrats' Medicare 
for None philosophy by introducing a bill to micromanage Americans' 
medicine and start trying to have Washington, DC, run the prescription 
drug industry because, if there is anything that has been proven to 
increase competition and affordability for American families, it is 
huge, new doses of heavyhanded Washington, DC, interference.
  No, we will not let the Democrats take us down the path that embraces 
the socialist concept of starting to nationalize an industry with 
people devoted to finding cures and saving lives. The life sciences 
sector is driving the search for cures to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, 
multiple sclerosis, and countless other diseases that impact millions 
of Americans.
  The Speaker and her caucus may be content to spend their majority 
passing leftwing messaging bills, but in this Senate, we take the 
American people's priorities more seriously, and we will stick to 
getting their business done.

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