[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25794-25795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had the opportunity to 
meet with a group of Honor Flight veterans at the World War II veterans 
memorial. These ladies and gentlemen are our heroes. One of them came 
up to me and said, Congressman, please don't let them take my Medicare 
away. That is a solemn promise.
  They are concerned about the quality of care, about the costs they 
are going to incur. This is something that is extremely important to 
our seniors.
  Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to talk to a businessman. He 
came up and said, Congressman, please don't let them implement these 
mandates and these excessive taxes on me. I can't survive as a 
business.
  The American people are looking over these proposals and they are 
saying ``no.'' A while ago we heard that it is not leadership unless 
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``yes.'' I say it is time we start listening to the people and doing 
what they want. They have looked at these issues, they have looked at 
these proposals, and they have said ``no.'' I think we need to listen 
to them, because they are the ones who are going to pay the bills, they 
are the ones that are going to be impacted by it, and they say ``no.''

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