[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    SAYING NO TO HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, it's been 125 days, 126 days 
since Representative Roy Blunt, the point man for the rumored 
Republican alternative health reform plan, said: I guarantee you we 
will provide you with a bill. Republican leaders from Governor Bobby 
Jindal to former Senate majority leaders Bill Frist and Bob Dole have 
indicated that Republicans need to work with Democrats to offer health 
care solutions.
  But rather than coming up with a plan to lower health care costs and 
stop insurance companies from discriminating against you if you get 
sick, Republicans are choosing to be the party of ``no'' and the status 
quo.
  No is not a solution. Saying no costs the average family $1,800 in 
increased health costs each year. Health insurance reform is about 
putting the American people and doctors back in charge, not the 
insurance companies, to guarantee stability, lower costs, higher 
equality and more choices of plans. Our friends on the other side of 
the aisle can't run away from the fact that they have no plan, as much 
as they might like to. The time to act on health insurance reform is 
now.

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