[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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    CONGRESS SHOULD NOT APPROVE A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the administration's plan for a 
government takeover of health care will raise taxes, ration care, 
extend wait times, and let a government commission make decisions that 
should be made by families and their doctors. This scheme will increase 
our national deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars and will 
increase, not decrease, the cost of health care.
  During a recent health care telephone town meeting with 1,200 of my 
constituents, I asked them the question if the government should 
determine how much health care they received. More than 9 out of 10 
said ``no.''
  President Obama is intent on making the government too big, too 
intrusive, and too expensive. We should listen to our constituents. 
Congress should not approve a government takeover of health care.

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