[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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            PRESIDENT OBAMA REVERSES HIMSELF ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during the Presidential campaign, 
Senator Obama ran an ad attacking Senator Clinton because her ``health 
care plan forces everyone to buy insurance and you pay a penalty if you 
don't.'' If that sounds familiar, it should. That's exactly what the 
Obama administration is now forcing on the American people. What 
Senator Obama once criticized, President Obama now embraces.
  Democrats' health care bills penalize people who don't buy the 
government's designated kind of health insurance, and the fine or tax 
can be close to $2,000 per person. Just as bad, most people who do buy 
health insurance will pay higher premiums, and seniors, especially, 
will see their benefits cut according to the nonpartisan Congressional 
Budget Office.
  Senator Obama was right. President Obama is wrong. Why have so few in 
the national media pointed out the about-face, flip-flop, backtrack, 
and 180?

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