[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21218-21219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONGRESS?

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, before the August recess, I introduced a 
resolution to hold Members accountable for their health care reform 
decisions. House Resolution 615 simply states that if Members of 
Congress vote for the government takeover of health care, they agree to 
give up their private insurance paid for by the taxpayers and enroll in 
the government-run plan. So far, 78 Republican Members have joined as 
cosponsors but not one Democrat.
  Over 750,000 Americans from every State have contacted my office in 
support of this resolution. They are demanding that if government-run 
health care is good enough for Americans young and old, then it should 
certainly be good enough for the Members of Congress and their 
families.
  How dare Congress force government-run health care down the throats 
of our

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fellow Americans and not be willing to choose it for themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, you have heard people speak out on this. Isn't it time 
for every Member of this body to stand up and be accountable to the 
people they represent by taking a dose of their same medicine they 
prescribe to their constituents?
  To my fellow Congressmen, won't you now join me in cosponsoring House 
Resolution 615 and prove that personal accountability finally does 
exist in Washington?

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