[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SCRAP H.R. 3200

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, as a physician and a father and a Member of 
Congress, I join the majority of Americans that do not want the 
government takeover of our health care system. They are demanding 
Congress scrap H.R. 3200 and come together in a bipartisan fashion to 
craft a commonsense plan to reduce costs, expand access and increase 
the quality of care in a way that America can afford.
  We need to create a health care plan that will ensure that the 
government does not interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, 
ensure that the government does not deny care on the basis of disease 
or years of life left, ensure that government does not break the bank 
at a time when America simply cannot afford it, ensure that if you lose 
or change your job, you and your family would continue have to access 
to affordable health care coverage, ensure that if you have a 
preexisting condition you will not be denied access to coverage, and, 
finally, ensure that any medical liability reform will be real and 
meaningful.
  I challenge my colleagues to put principle above politics and 
represent the will of the American people when it comes to health care 
reform.

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