[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21216-21217]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, you know, rather than 
complaining about the thousand-page, $1 trillion health care bill that 
rations care and increases costs, in my district I hosted a forum on 
health care solutions.
  A panel of experts shared some Texas-sized solutions they have used 
to fix what is broken in our health care system.
  These folks didn't rely on government bureaucrats to solve their 
problems. They didn't wait for a Washington bailout. They forged ahead 
with innovative programs that improved the quality of life for Texans--
ideas that both Democrats and Republicans can agree on.
  My constituents have told me loud and clear: one, they don't want 
government-controlled health care; two, the President and Democrats in 
Congress need to start over and listen to America. Go for real 
bipartisan solutions.

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