[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19545]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats in Congress don't want the 
American people to see this chart. This is the chart that outlines the 
Democrat proposal, which is moving through the House of 
Representatives, that contains as many as 53 new Federal programs, 
agencies and commissions. That's right. They're trying to restrict 
Members of Congress from showing this to their constituents. They say 
it's misleading. Well, there's nothing misleading about it. They just 
don't want anyone to see it.
  Well, here it is. I'm using it. Are they going to turn out the 
lights? Are they going to turn off the cameras? Why don't they want the 
American people to see this?
  Well, I think the American people deserve the truth about the 
Democrats' $1.6 trillion takeover of our health care system--more 
bureaucracy and more taxes, more mandates and more government 
involvement in your life. Guess what? It also means less jobs for 
Americans.
  According to a model developed by the President's own Council of 
Economic Advisers' chairperson, this proposal will cost Americans some 
5.5 million jobs over the next 10 years. The National Federation of 
Independent Business says that at least 1 million small business jobs 
will be lost. Over the weekend, even the Congressional Budget Office 
made it clear that this will cost low-wage workers an opportunity to 
get a job.
  Listen, after the stimulus hasn't worked, most of my constituents are 
continuing to ask the question: Where are the jobs? We have a stimulus 
bill that's not working. We have a national energy tax bill that came 
through here last month that will cost millions of Americans their 
jobs. While this will ruin the health care system that we enjoy in 
America, let's not forget that it will cost us millions of American 
jobs when most Americans continue to want to know: Where are the jobs?

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