[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26533-26534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  WHAT WSJ HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE PELOSI HEALTH BILL: ``THE WORST BILL 
                                 EVER''

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, I lament hearing that people who attend TEA 
parties are somehow uninformed or

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misinformed Americans. They're hardworking Americans who are informed 
and have taken the time to become informed, and they know what's in 
this bill.
  But if you think that they have been misled into thinking that this 
bill is an extreme bill by those of us who are in the Republican Party, 
listen to what the Wall Street Journal says. Go to wsj.com.
  They call this ``the worst bill ever.'' ``Epic new spending and 
taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: the 
Pelosi health bill has it all.''
  And it concludes by saying: ``Critics will say we are exaggerating, 
but we believe it is no stretch to say that Mrs. Pelosi's handiwork 
ranks with the Smoot-Hawley tariff as among the worst bills Congress 
has ever seriously contemplated.''
  This is not TEA Party extremists; this is the Wall Street Journal.

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