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




                   MAKING AMERICANS COMPETITIVE AGAIN

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, this week congressional Democrats will 
continue to try to rush through a sweeping overhaul of American health 
care. And this follows the President's expensive stimulus plan 
currently mired in bureaucracy that has not prevented a national 
recession despite his pledge to save or create 3.5 million jobs. So, 
Mr. Speaker, I ask President Obama, where are those jobs?
  Now their plan for health care overhaul includes a government-run 
bureaucracy that would put red tape between patients and their doctors. 
Far too often patients in our current government-run programs lack real 
access to a doctor, leaving them no recourse other than to seek 
emergency room care. Now Democratic proposals suggest lumping millions 
more Americans into these government-run systems to somehow improve the 
quality of care. This defies common sense. Instead, health care will be 
delayed and rationed, leaving millions of Americans without access to a 
doctor or quality health care.
  Republicans have a plan to reduce health care costs for families and 
businesses and taxpayers and also maintain quality, and that's the best 
way for Americans to be more competitive and to spur job creation.

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