[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18485]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEAD WRONG ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. ROSKAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, listen. Listen with me and see if we can 
hear the sounds of jobs. Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh. You gotta listen real 
close. Quiet. Well, I'm not hearing anything.
  The administration told us in this House months ago that if the 
American people stood in favor of the stimulus package that 
unemployment would peak at 8 percent, and yet here in Illinois, the 
State that I represent, we've now eclipsed 10 percent.
  We were told that the cost curve would be broken if only we would 
follow the administration's health care plan and it would be the 
salvation of small business, and yet the Congressional Budget Office 
came into the Ways and Means Committee last week, Mr. Speaker, and said 
that was dead wrong.
  The question that has to be asked and has to be answered is one that 
we've heard no answer today from the other side: Where are the jobs?
  There are no jobs. This is an administration that has pumped sunshine 
for months and has failed to follow through, and we ought not follow 
these brake lights right over the cliff.
  We know what we need to do, and that is stand for small business and 
vote against this plan.

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