[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF OUR HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, as a physician, I must say the news coming 
out of Washington is all bad when it comes to the government takeover 
of our health care.
  Just last night, Speaker Pelosi got the news that she does not have 
the votes to pass it. The Senate expects the debate to spill over into 
next year, and even Democrat candidates back home are turning against 
this crazy idea.
  Why is this happening? Simply put, they can't find a way to pay for 
it. There are not enough taxpayers and insurance policyholders to pay 
the exploding tab, and the polls show a continued decline in support. 
Also, they can't depend on the wealth of the Federal Government anymore 
as we are broke, broke.
  This is not a case of Republicans wanting sick people to die quickly. 
It is a case of wanting this sick, expensive, ineffective, and wasteful 
government takeover of health care to die quickly.

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