[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A BIPARTISAN APPROACH ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the House Democrat 
leadership remains opposed to working in a bipartisan effort to cure 
what ails our health care system. This is unfortunate because this has 
caused bipartisan opposition to their Big Government, job-killing, 
debt-producing, tax-hike health care plan. The American people deserve 
better to create jobs.
  The American people know better than to believe that the government 
is best to run our Nation's health care system or keep costs down. The 
Democrat plan does not lower the cost of health care. It just raises 
taxes on small businesses and cuts Medicare by half a trillion dollars. 
Those tax increases and Medicare cuts do not even cover the costs 
producing an estimated $239 billion more added to the deficit. Taxing 
small businesses and knocking seniors off their current health care 
plan is no way to reform health care.
  Republicans stand ready to work with our Democrat colleagues to 
develop commonsense reform.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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