[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19554-19555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                REPUBLICANS PROPOSE A BETTER HEALTH PLAN

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, in order to support the Democrats' 
health care plan we are asked to accept three arguments that are 
fundamentally absurd. First, that the same government that pioneered 
$400 hammers and $600 toilet seats is somehow going to control our 
health care costs. Second, that the same government that runs FEMA is 
going to make our health care system more efficient and responsive. And 
third, that the same government that runs the IRS is going to make our 
health care more compassionate and understanding. Frankly, I doubt it.

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  Instead of putting government in charge of our health care decisions, 
let's put patients back in charge. We can do that by using tax credits 
to bring within the reach of every family a basic health plan that they 
can choose, that they can own, and that they can change if it fails to 
meet their needs. That is what the Republicans are proposing, and it is 
a much better way.

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