[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE

  (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, as we debate the best way to 
reform our health care system and ensure that all Americans have access 
to quality health care, some Members of Congress insist that a 
government-run option must be included. Yet, in one proposal, Members 
of Congress are curiously exempt from the public plan.
  For those who are convinced that government-run health care won't 
sacrifice quality and won't lead to rationing, I back a resolution 
saying that if a Member of Congress votes to support the public option, 
then that Member must be automatically enrolled in it. If Members are 
convinced that the government-run public option will deliver the same 
quality of care as their congressional health plans, then they ought to 
be the first in line to enroll.
  Members of Congress should stop asking the American people to make 
sacrifices they are not willing to make themselves.

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