[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19549-19550]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DON'T RUSH HEALTH CARE; GET IT RIGHT

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, health care is one of the most important 
issues that Congress will address this year. We need to make sure we 
take the time to get it right.
  However, congressional leaders have other plans. Rather than taking 
the time to get it right, they want to spend another $1.6 trillion on a 
government health care plan that includes $500 billion in cuts in 
Medicare for seniors. And regardless of any arm twisting, no one can 
change the fact that this plan will slide our Nation deeper into debt. 
In fact, just 2 days ago, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office 
ascertained and confirmed that the proposed health care plan would 
cause a massive spike in the Federal budget deficit, adding as much as 
$1.6 trillion over the next 10 years.
  Mr. Speaker, more runaway deficits are something that Americans 
cannot afford. Let's reform our health care system the right way 
without raising taxes on small business and without adding new debt on 
our children and our grandchildren.

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