[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25781]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, the people of my district are frustrated 
and they are scared. They feel like their Federal Government is out of 
control. Now Speaker Pelosi is playing a game of hide-and-seek with a 
health care system that comprises one-fifth of our GDP.
  The American people would like to know what you are hiding as they 
seek to find out what is in this bill, this massive, government-run 
health care bill. Perhaps you are hiding the fact that this will lead 
to government bureaucrats taking over control of seniors' health care.
  Maybe you are hiding the fact that this bill is designed to include 
$163 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage. These cuts will have an 
exceptionally harmful impact on seniors in rural areas, forcing many 
seniors into a one-size-fits-all government-run health care plan.
  I would like to know, but I haven't seen the details of the bill 
because I don't know where they are hiding today. If you claim that it 
is true that the American people want government to take over health 
care, why is this process so closed and secretive, Madam Speaker?
  The American people and our seniors deserve to know better. Madam 
Speaker, where are you?

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