[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, troubled about the Democrats' 
proposed government takeover of our health care system. The 
Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, has confirmed that this 
legislation will not reduce costs but will, rather, drive costs even 
higher for American families. They confirmed this weekend that a 
mandate on business would tend to reduce the hiring of workers at or 
near the minimum wage. They also pointed out that employers would be 
expected to pass the costs of fees on to workers in the form of lower 
wages.
  This government takeover will burden our economy, and it will stifle 
economic growth. Instead of a takeover, Congress should act on free 
market and Tax Code health care reforms to make our system better. The 
President and his majority in Congress failed to produce jobs with the 
so-called ``stimulus.'' In fact, things have only gotten worse. Why 
should we trust them with the government takeover of health care?

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