[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW A RUSHED GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, as the House leadership prepares to 
rush to judgment on legislation that will lead to a government takeover 
of health care, 17 percent of our Nation's economy, it's instructive to 
look back a few weeks to the cap-and-trade energy debate.
  Just before the Fourth of July break, leadership set another deadline 
to pass what will amount to the largest tax hike in U.S. history.
  With unemployment soaring, policies that impose a national energy tax 
will only make things worse by increasing energy costs for all 
Americans, crippling small businesses, and putting more people out of 
their jobs.
  Frankly, the legislation we passed is a gift that keeps on giving to 
our economic rivals like China and India whose economies are already 
sucking away U.S. manufacturing jobs at an alarming rate. Needless to 
say, as we saw from Secretary Clinton's recent visit to India, these 
nations do not plan to impose restrictions on their emissions.
  Mr. Speaker, American families are struggling; there's no doubt about 
it. They're working to make ends meet and they are worrying about their 
jobs. We should not burden them with a new national energy tax, and we 
certainly should not allow a rushed government takeover of health care.

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