[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19431-19432]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SMOKE AND MIRRORS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to passing a health 
care bill that the Democratic leadership insists that this will happen, 
they claim to currently have the votes to get it passed on this floor. 
If that's true, Mr. Speaker, then show us the bill. If the rhetoric 
coming from the other side of the aisle is true and you are planning to 
steamroll a $1 trillion health care experiment through this body before 
August, then let's see it. Let us debate it. Let the American people 
see it. The American people deserve to see the bill with plenty of time 
for an open and honest debate about what is exactly in store for them 
if this partisan experiment passes.
  The American people have seen enough smoke and mirrors about the 
Washington bureaucrat that will be inserted between them, as a patient, 
and their physician. They have seen enough smoke and mirrors about how 
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people will be forced off of their current health care plans. They have 
seen enough smoke and mirrors about the real cost of this plan. If you 
have the votes, then let's clear out the smoke, show us the bill, and 
finally give hardworking Americans answers to their questions.

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