[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           IT'S TIME THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE TRUTH

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I think it's so important for the 
American people to understand that right now in Congress this is 
considered contraband. This is very controversial. Even though this 
represents the Democrats' health care plan, we are not, as Members of 
Congress, allowed to put this chart up on our Web sites. We're not 
allowed to send this chart out to our constituents across America.
  What are the Democrats worried about, Mr. Speaker? Could it be 
because this is the latest board game in the United States, that the 
American health care consumer stands on this side of 31 bureaucracies 
and they have to figure out how to get through 31 bureaucracies before 
they can get to their doctor? Or could it be, Mr. Speaker, because this 
will cost 5 million jobs? Or could it be, Mr. Speaker, because this 
will cost $2 trillion in additional deficit?
  I can understand why the Democrats wouldn't want the American people 
to see this, but I don't understand how you can make the claim that 
this is the most transparent Congress in the history of this country, 
if you won't even let the American people see that there are 31 
bureaucracies that stand between average Americans and their doctor.
  Mr. Speaker, it's time that the American people get to see the truth. 
This shouldn't be contraband.

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