[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WEINER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEINER. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a viewer's guide for what's 
going to be going on on this side of the aisle this morning and this 
afternoon. What essentially it comes down to is my Republican friends 
don't want you, the American people, to have what they have.
  They say they don't want any government-run health care, but 55 of 
them have Medicare. You don't see them sending that back. They say that 
they don't want the plan that we have, which would create more choices 
for the American people. Well, they don't want you to have what they 
have. Go to the Web site for the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan 
and see what a great plan they have, but they don't want you to have 
more choice.
  Frankly, I don't know what it is they do want. They said 131 days ago 
they were going to have a plan. You hear that sound? That's the sound 
of their plan. They don't seem to have one. I have heard us talk about 
all this stuff going on behind closed doors. My friends, there are five 
committees, five bills. You can read them. I know it's a lot of words, 
but you can see exactly what the plan is. Listen to the American 
people. Give them what you in Congress have, a public option, like 
Medicare; and choices, like the insurance plan you have.

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