[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19563]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    THE DEMOCRAT PLAN: A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF PRIVATE HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, if the need to reform our health care 
system wasn't so serious, the Democrat government takeover of health 
care might actually be humorous. It's laughable that their idea of 
``cost-cutting reform'' is a bill that will increase the Federal 
deficit by $239 billion over 10 years and includes a $1.3 trillion 
spending increase. Only in Washington, D.C., does cutting costs mean 
spending more money.
  America's small businesses, including our Nation's farmers, are going 
to be hit the hardest by this huge expansion of government through 
billions of dollars in new taxes and mandates, and yet the bill doesn't 
even address the seasonal workforce that farmers rely on to harvest 
their crops. Once again, small business and rural America are swept 
under the rug and forgotten, but not before they get a huge tax bill.
  The bottom line is that the Democrats' public option is a sneaky plan 
to take over private health care.
  Mr. Speaker, get me a doctor. The idea of government taking over 
health care is enough to make you sick.

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