[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HEALTH CARE REFORM WITHOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL

  (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAFFETZ. Mr. Speaker, the United States has the best health care 
in the world, but if you don't have insurance, you have that sinking 
pit in your stomach that is scary. It is very scary.
  But I think I feel like most Americans. I want insurance that I can 
own. If I lose my job or move to another job or my job leaves me, I 
want to be able to make sure that I have something that is portable. I 
am willing to pay my fair share. I want to be able to be covered for 
catastrophic events.
  But I also want to make sure that others pay their fair share. I want 
to find insurance, even if I have a preexisting condition, and I want 
the freedom to choose the insurance that best fits our family's needs.
  But, most of all, I don't want a Washington, DC, politician making 
decisions that should be made between my wife and our doctor. When our 
sons or daughters need help, I don't want somebody in Washington, DC, 
to deny it. If my mother or father needs help, I don't want to wait for 
a government bureaucrat to decide whether or not they are going to be 
cared for.
  In other words, we must stop the government takeover of health care. 
We need reform, but we don't need more government.

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