[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                MISSION LEAP TOWARDS SOCIALIZED MEDICINE

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, today the United States Congress will 
take up the full march towards socialized medicine here in the United 
States. This isn't mission creep, Madam Speaker; this is mission leap.
  Imagine, under the Democrat plan, someone who is old enough to be 
able to run for the United States Congress would be considered a child 
and eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health care.
  This is socialized medicine in its truest form. As a matter of fact, 
in Minnesota today, under the SCHIP proposal, fully 85 percent of all 
recipients are adults. Under the Democrat proposal in Minnesota, over 
20,000 senior citizens in Minnesota will lose their Medicare Advantage.
  Madam Speaker, this is mission leap towards embracing full socialized 
medicine, and I hope this United States Congress rejects this untimely 
proposal.

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