[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  BUREAUCRATS IN CHARGE OF HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. FALLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FALLIN. Mr. Speaker, the American people are concerned about 
keeping their jobs and the huge deficit that we have incurred here and 
in the Senate, and passing that debt on down to future generations of 
our children.
  With over a thousand pages, the Democrat health care bill costs too 
much, spends too much, and will destroy jobs in America. Health care 
reform should be about lowering costs, providing quality, affordable 
care for all Americans. And this health care debate must consider that 
every individual has different health care needs and that Americans are 
struggling to pay their bills.
  The Democrat leadership has failed to address these needs by 
supporting the same old, tired proposals of massive Federal new 
spending and increased Federal regulation, which will cost the United 
States more jobs.
  This time, cutting a bigger Federal check won't do it. Their plan 
amounts to $818 billion in new taxes on individuals, on businesses, and 
a Federal takeover of our health care system. These taxes will crush 
our small business owners and destroy thousands of jobs.
  This plan will put bureaucrats in charge of our health care--and the 
American people don't want that.

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