[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise again today to speak against the 
Democrats' proposed health care plan. Frankly, it's hard to understand 
who my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are listening to. 
Certainly, it's not my constituents.
  Their concerns, like those of millions of Americans, have been 
ignored as this bill has been written. The same provisions that caused 
the concerns and the fears that I heard in August town hall meetings 
are still in the ``new bill.''
  Overwhelmingly, the American people have said ``no'' to government-
run health insurance, but it's still in the bill. Also in the ``new 
bill'' are the same higher taxes for employers and individuals, taxes 
which will kill jobs. These are the very employers and individuals 
suffering from double-digit unemployment in many States today.
  Maybe after several months, Mr. Speaker, some have found it easy to 
forget what they heard in August, but I haven't. This new bill is just 
more of the same, more backroom-brokered deals deciding the fate of 
millions of Americans. The only noticeable change in this bill is the 
addition of an extra 1,000 pages or so.
  Americans deserve health care reform. Hopefully, they will get it.

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