[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, given 1 minute, what should I talk about?
  Should I mention how Federal tax dollars will be used to fund 
abortion? Should I highlight the fact that tax dollars will go to fund 
illegal immigration since there is no verification? Should I talk about 
the thousands of seniors in my district who will lose their Medicare 
Advantage accounts?
  I should, but I will primarily mention what the real plan is here, 
and that is to use a public option to enact a one-payer system. If you 
don't believe me, ask Chairman Frank; Congresswoman Schakowsky; the 
head of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean; and last but 
not least, President Obama. They've always had that as their stated 
objective.

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