[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. HARPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, do we have good doctors in this country? Do 
we have good surgeons? Do we have good hospitals? And do we have 
reasonable access to that care? The answer is clear that we do.
  Do you believe that a government takeover of our health care system 
will make health care better or worse? Do you really trust the Federal 
Government to take over this important part of our lives? The last 
thing that we need is to have some government bureaucrat standing 
between you and your doctor on making these important decisions.
  Finally, the Democratic health care plan will hurt seniors by cutting 
Medicare. This Democratic plan will push unfunded mandates to my home 
State of Mississippi in the average amount of $360 million a year for 
the next 10 years. My district and our country simply can't afford 
this.

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