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




                         HEALTH CARE AND TAXES

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, we all agree that real health care 
reform is a necessity; but in the haste to get this done, the wrong 
approach to achieve this worthy goal would be to increase taxes, 
especially on our small businesses. These vital small business owners 
are already straining not to cut jobs and wages. Most small business 
owners want to offer health insurance to their employees, but they 
simply cannot because the already-inflicted costs just continue to 
increase.
  What we need is true health care reform that brings down the cost of 
care in our country. We find creative ways to hide the actual costs of 
taxes and mandates. That makes no sense for Americans, no sense for our 
small businesses, and certainly no sense for our future generations who 
will be saddled with a lot of debt.

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