[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CONCERNS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. We all share a desire to enact health reform that lowers 
costs and improves care, but I am less convinced that the plan being 
developed across the aisle is the most responsible approach. We're 
talking about a bill with a $1.5 trillion price tag. We have the 
Congressional Budget Office saying the bill fails to control costs. We 
know it doesn't address legal reform; we know that a government-run 
health care plan threatens the insurance of millions of Americans; and 
we know that the bill's push to tax small businesses threatens jobs all 
across the country.
  I just talked to a small business owner from Calhoun County. Her 
quote is, ``This scares me.'' This is not the time to risk more jobs. I 
urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in real 
dialogue. This is an issue too important for one party to go it alone.

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