[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PROTECTING LIVES, KEEP IT OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDS

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I agree that the cost of health care has 
become expensive for my constituents, too expensive for my constituents 
and all Americans. What we need is to reform the current system and not 
turn it over to the government.
  Letting patients choose the coverage that reaches their health care 
needs should be the focus. This is not a one-size-fits-all conclusion. 
Just ask my constituents Brad and Christy Norwood. They became the 
proud parents of Brycen in May of 2008. At birth, he appeared to be a 
healthy baby boy, but during a routine exam, a nurse discovered a heart 
murmur that was keeping blood from reaching his lower extremities. One 
week later, he underwent surgery to correct the problem; and thankfully 
today, Brycen is a happy, healthy 1-year-old.
  His parents hate to think that if the proposed health care plan had 
been in place, the decision about Brycen would have to go through a 
government bureaucracy and could have possibly taken too long to save 
his life.
  Let's not put Brycen's life or anyone else's in the hands of a 
government bureaucrat.

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