[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              IF IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS

  (Mr. BONNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, last night the American people and many in 
this Chamber listened intently as President Obama made the case for 
major reform of our health care system. But I must admit I was 
dismayed, like a growing number of Americans, over the fact of what the 
President said--and what the Democratic leadership in Congress has 
already done in the form of H.R. 3200--simply doesn't add up.
  We all remember the old saying that if it's too good to be true, it 
probably is. Last night, the President promised a plan that would 
insure more people, provide better coverage, and would cost less money. 
However, missing from that equation is one basic question: How are we 
really going to pay for all of this? Sadly, that's the $900 billion 
question.
  And when the President said that he won't sign a bill into law that 
adds one dime to the deficit, what he failed to say is this: You, the 
American people, are going to pay for these changes with more taxes and 
with cuts to popular programs like Medicare.
  Republicans want to take this President at his word, but it would 
help if the details and the numbers added up with the rhetoric.

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