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




    THE DEMOCRATS' HEALTH REFORM PLAN: A TRILLION DOLLAR GOVERNMENT 
             TAKEOVER OF OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

  (Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, it is unconscionable that 
Democrat leaders have put forth legislation under the guise of health 
care reform that will result in the direct loss of 5 million jobs from 
crippling new pay-or-play taxes on small businesses.
  Our economy is hurting, and Congress should be creating jobs. The 
Democrats' health care proposal will do the exact opposite. It will 
take away jobs.
  The Democrats have chosen to try to fund a trillion dollar government 
takeover of our Nation's health care industry in the midst of the worst 
recession in half a century. Worse than that, they have chosen to make 
small businesses, long the lifeblood of our economy, bear the brunt of 
these costs.
  The simple fact is that the Democrats' rhetoric is deceptive. It does 
not match the legislation they have proposed. They use words like 
``reform'' and ``choice,'' but all their plan does is tax and spend to 
fund new government mandates.
  Mr. Speaker, my Democrat colleagues are presenting the American 
people with a false choice by comparing their proposal with the 
alternative of doing nothing.
  We deserve better. We deserve real reform.

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