[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, many Kansans ask if health care 
reform will allow them the choices of options that Members of Congress 
and other Federal employees enjoy under the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Program. That is a good question.
  I sponsored legislation calling for Members of Congress who support a 
government-run health plan to automatically enroll in the soon-to-be-
created public plan. In some of the health care bills crafted by 
Congress, Members of Congress have been exempt from participation. I am 
concerned that expansion of government-run health care will lead to 
rationing of care and higher taxes. If Members of Congress are so 
convinced the public government-run option will deliver quality, 
affordable care, then Members of Congress should be willing to enroll 
right alongside with the American people. Congress should not have a 
better health care plan than they are willing to provide the American 
people, especially since the American people are paying for both.

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