[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19573]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, as the American people struggle to make 
ends meet, too many also live with the challenge of affording basic 
health care for themselves and for their families.
  When I was home this past weekend, I heard from my constituents on a 
number of issues, but health care was prime on their minds. They were 
concerned about the plan on the table. They have great concern with 
regard to the provisions in there and with regard to the rationing of 
care. They're very concerned about the possible loss of the doctor-
patient relationship. Small businesses are concerned about the tax 
provisions in the bill that may cost them not only the employees they 
have but their businesses on the whole.
  At a time when we need to be helping small business, we're adding 
another burden onto them. Our side, that of the Republicans, has a plan 
to address each of these concerns in a way that solves problems rather 
than creates a lot of government bureaucracy, which actually takes over 
18 percent of our economy. My constituents believe that the 
administration's plan on the table is the wrong plan at the wrong time 
and that it will have the wrong outcome.

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