[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. TIBERI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, throughout the course of this debate on 
health care, we've heard a lot about cracking down on waste, fraud and 
abuse. I support that. In fact, I wrote a letter to the chairman of the 
Ways and Means Committee and the chairman of the Government Reform 
Committee asking that we hold hearings on the issue. I haven't heard 
back. Why would we need hearings when this bill now is being written 
behind closed doors, behind closed doors for no one else to see?
  And it appears to me, Mr. Speaker, that the majority's plan for 
paying for this in part is on the backs of seniors. In my district, a 
third of my seniors are on Medicare Advantage plans. They like what 
they have. Under the Democrat bill, they will not be able to keep it 
because it will be cut.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, we can only guess at this point what the health 
care bill will look like because it's being written behind closed 
doors. Only time will tell. So much for openness and transparency.

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