[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SOCIALIZING THE COUNTRY IS NOT THE ANSWER

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, recently the President said in a speech: 
``Folks are skeptical and that is entirely legitimate because they 
haven't seen a lot of laws coming out of Washington that help.'' That 
is an understatement. Americans have found themselves at the mercy of 
the mass social agenda of this administration and the liberal 
leadership in Congress.
  First it was the $750 billion stimulus bill that neither created nor 
saved any jobs; then came cap-and-tax. Both of these bills were passed 
only minutes after being fully released, but not read, and were the 
first two installments of this liberal/socialist agenda.
  But this health care bill, H.R. 3200, is the mother of all bad bills 
and seeks to recast America as a new socialist state. If it passes in 
its current form, we can expect tax increases for all American 
families, waiting lines with DMV-style medicine, an explosion of 
taxpayer-funded abortions and a lack of good health care for the 
elderly.
  Americans are urging Democrats to finally reach across the aisle and 
work with Republicans for a change.

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